oops, bloody touchpads!

Tara, I don't think I've ever disagreed with you before, but I believe I have to in this instance. I don't believe it to be just "fashion", it's simply just another TREND, a fad, a Flavor Of The Week. This can also correlate to independence, as I don't see getting a tramp stamp to be anything but following the trend.

I know, I know, I'm gonna get hammered for saying all that, and flooded with so-called "justifications" from women who have them and their personal reasons for having them, but it still shows no "independence" to me whatsoever, because they're still keeping up with all the other little girls, not to be outdone, no matter what reasons they come up with.

No. The kicker is do you expose it to the world or just special people are just for you to know it's there.

Well, I have a theory about that. I think "laid back" and "easy going" and "down to earth," etc., are used when the person either:

a.) has seen those phrases used in 20 billion other profiles and absorbs them through some sort of weird osmosis, or

b.) is too lazy to write anything original. I think it's a combination of both, in most cases.

Although I have to add that I have rarely, if ever, seen ANY profile that used any of the above "descriptive" (and I use the word loosely; and sarcastically, while I'm at it) terms that was worth reading the rest of. It's one of those reddest of red flags, like the obligatory "my profile pic is just a close-up of my boobs and you can't see my face" pics, which tells me, right then and there, that I need waste no further time on this one.



I've seen a lot of the "They are my world" profiles which come across as being blatantly hostile towards anyone who might have a different view of this sort of thing.

And, while I agree that, if you have kids, those kids should be your first priority, I think a lot of the "They are my world" profiles are written in such a way that a normal guy would interpret it she's saying "Nothing else will ever matter to me, so even if I meet you and we get along, you're going to remain Priority #8892 forever."

It's not much of an incentive for a guy to try to get his foot in the door.

Just calling it honestly; Mainly for debate, but why post something if it is not to draw attention to oneself.


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I do not mind that one would say their children are their whole life.

It was that they had become a deadbeat parent is what I was comment on.

I know people who have had them for years who are now considering getting them covered/removed because they *have* become a trend. It's right up there with getting a wall tattoo, IMO.

Trend, fashion, same thing....but what does getting a tramp stamp have anything to do with being down to earth? The independance part comes from the paragraph where he says these "independant" women are whining about not getting enough money from ex spouses etc.

well i dissagree also especially with the one about the child living with someone else.... for this happened to me... i took care of my daughter alone from age 3<divorce> till age 14.. yes her dad was very involved a great father, i was a great mother also... but she was in her school all her life who was i to not give dad the oppertunity to have her so she could finish her schooling with the kids she went to school with all her life? yes i kept custody of her but he had her and i gave him his money back etc.... so dont be too quick to judge for i moved out of her school district and he lived there still...and again i beleive i was a great parent for doing so, to give her dad a few yrs with her and her a few yrs with her wonderful father and to do what was in the best interest of the child.

Awesome... folks are fired up.

I will be back later on to reply...

Deb, good point! And that is a different set of circumstances from, I think, what the OP said. Wasn't he referring to like child support?

Those were actually two seperate parts of the post. I was just basically referring to the independence part.

As far as I'm concerned, "fashion" is something like bell-bottom jeans -- and look how long they've been out of style. The difference is, even though tramp stamps may (hopefully!) go out of style as well, you can't get rid of a tattoo....at least not very easily. It ain't just gonna "go away" when the trend changes.

Like I said....there are exceptions and you dont have to explain to anyone buttons.

I wear bell bottoms!!!

and ps i dont put any of that stuff on my profile, but if someone wants to i dont see a problem with it...everyone has their own eyes and thoughts or ideas about things... not everyone is like you nor do they want to be... i just wouldnt assume things so fast or judge others that way until you know their story...

Not fired up......it just reminds me of the time my mom told me that women shouldnt smoke while walking down the street or she will look like a street walker!! Where do people think of these things??

doesn't fashion repeat itself??? thought it came back in style???

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The OP said...

"I am down to Earth" Yet the profile has a picture of her tramp stamp and clearly visible T-Bar above her hiphuggers. -- I have been around scooter trash all my adult life, the tramp stamp is not something you want unless you are a saddle tramp... Besides, if you were down to Earth you would not be showing that off till you got to know someone. "

Could he be interchanging the words down to earth for what some might call "a good girl image" or a "girl next door image"? Just a thought.

i wasnt explaining for one however it is my personal story and i used it as an example.