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ok so by no means am i tatted up head to toe or have tweety bird or gangster names on me or my girls... is it really a big deal? as a bride people are tellin gme it needs to be covered up but i dont feel thats right. who says it needs to be? im korean, my fiance is caucasian & bald and buff our bridal party/groomsmen are all white or asian or mixed. its an "interesting" looking group but the attire and wedding theme is real classy and its in the evening.no crazy piercings or anyone super punky looking except for one asian who might have a mohawk that day.

do tattoos really hurt the wedding photos and the whole event or is this just traditional bs? should i cover up during the reception or you think since family and friends accept me how i am that theyll be fine with it or get over it on the wedding day?! make the people attending happy or make me happy?

ugh* this multicultural asian american wedding etiquette and stuff are driving me bonkers.

thanks ladies... i just want to make sure everyone is happy and having a good time and id ont want to hear any crap talking the day of the wedding you know?!

thanks ladies... i just want to make sure everyone is happy and having a good time and id ont want to hear any crap talking the day of the wedding you know?!

Thank you for posting this question.  I was struggling with the same issue.  I have a large tattoo on my arm that would show with almost any wedding dress I have liked so far.  But my mind kept going back to a wedding where the bride had a flower tattoo on her back and I heard someone say "Oh, she looks so pretty... except for that tattoo."  But you know what then, that person's opinion is not worth it... because they obviously didn't except the bride for who they truly were.  My tattoos are a part of me and I'm proud of them.  So I'm not going to struggle to cover them up for my special day either  (the key word there being "MY" special day).  It's YOUR day, make yourself happy and the heck with anyone else who judges you based on that.  You are beautiful and as long as your tattoos make you feel good, then why not show em off on your day? 

I was just in a wedding party where the bride asked (well demanded actually) that all the girls with tattoos to cover them up.  She paid for the makeup.  I was hurt at first and told her so.  But in the end agreed because that was the only real demand she made of us and it was important to her for the look of her pictures.  I scrubbed that stuff off though as soon as I got home.  It meant a lot to see her so happy on her day... But for my day I choose to be myself.

Thanks again to all the posters for making me feel more confident in my decision.  I hope you will do what makes you happy too.

i just feel like after watching tv shows about wedding stuff and reading up online and just talking to people or being at other weddings you cant avoid the gossipers and haters and people who are nonstop complainers but everyone seems to have this "expectation" as a bride and what a "real bride should be... what a wedding party should look like etc. etc...

its like i wanted to wear a flowy black dress or something colorful for my reception dress ( cause my gown no matter what is going to be a white mermaid style form fitted gown and i want a comfy dress afterwards ) and the wedding attire is black-tie formal... people were like "uhh what? black? you have to wear white only". it seems like EVERYONE has an opinion and the majority of people are saying tattoos should be covered up and only white dresses that day. heck, i wonder what they would have said if i told them i was doing the bridal aprty in all white too?! having the tattoo on my arm covered up would be tough to make it look natural and being that the wedding is outdoors in virginia in the country during spring/summer season chances are im going to be sweating bullets.

i am definitely leaning towards not covering up my tatts and letting the groomsmen and bridal party to all just be themselves and heck rock neon green toenails i dont care! but no bride wants to hear that the dress looks good BUT or everything would be perfect EXCEPT and its cause of a tattoo or scar or something so thats why im worrying. but i feel better since ive asked for total strangers opinions. ;o) thanks ladies.