10 Tattoos You Might Want to Reconsider Before Getting Inked

Choosing a tattoo is a big deal that needs careful consideration. Sure, if it doesn’t work out, you can remove it, but that’s not only painful, but also pricey. It’s been quite a ride of emotions reading stories about people who got or saw tattoos with meanings that others just didn’t get.

• An older woman had a whole back tiger tattoo. It had “Leo’s forever” and their birthdates on the bottom. I asked her about it, and she told me she and her sister were both Leo’s. I didn’t have the heart to tell her she had a full-back tattoo of the wrong cat. © Bearacolypse / Reddit
• My current boss has a tattoo in Chinese that she got when she was 18. What does it say? “Italian.” © douggold11 / Reddit
• A friend who’s a tattoo artist once told me about a guy who came in to have his own face tattooed on his chest. His reasoning was even if he got old, he could get chicks by showing what he looked like. © almostrogersimon10 / Reddit

“Biggest regret”

• My ex got a wolf tattoo on his chest. OMG, it had crossed eyes and a fat weird face and for some reason, pine trees embedded in the fur. Ugh. Just, whyyy... © GabriellaJeremiah / Reddit
• A guy I know has a tattoo of Roman numerals with his date of birth running down his forearm. The problem is — he wasn’t old enough to get one at the time so lied on the form he had to fill out, and as a result, he now has a tattoo with the WRONG date of birth on his arm!! © UnclePepperpoty / Reddit
• Had a coworker who wanted to get a set of tattoos. The series of tattoos she got were ladybugs, representing her kids and her parents, all on various parts of her body. One was on her chest, right above the spot for a mid-low cut top. Another was on the inside of her lower arm. They all looked horrible. No way did they look like ladybugs, not even right after she had them done. © RedHeadedStepDevil / Reddit

“My coworker got this, what do we think?”

• Not a tattoo artist, but a friend of my cousin has the words “Your Name” tattooed on his body. So he goes around at bars betting people that he has “Your Name”. This man makes some decent money off of people. © TheBrutalLad / Reddit
• I went to high school with a kid with the last name “Strong”. On his 18th birthday, he got “only the Strong survive” in script across his chest. Strong was spelled wrong. The tattoo was saying, “Only the Strang survive.” © pearsmir13 / Reddit
• Not an artist but the guy I went to told me about someone who repeatedly came into the shop and only ever wanted sort of natural marks on his body circled. One day he shaved off his beard, found a spot or mole on his chin, and came in that day to have it circled. © HarisAhmed95 / Reddit

“My first and only tattoo. It seemed like a good idea when I was 18.”

• I went to high school with a kid with the last name “Strong” on his 18th birthday he got “only the Strong survive” in script across his chest. Strong was spelled wrong. © pearsmir13 / Reddit
  
• I have a friend that tattooed on herself the word “spite” on her leg when she was 14 but anytime she wears socks it looks like it says “spit”. © Archangelblade500 / Reddit
  

“This is supposed to be Walter White from Breaking Bad.”

• Dude came in and got the daughter’s name on his ass. His daughter was in the room, holding his hand while I did it. Sometimes it takes a little while to find out what situations you don’t want to enter into as a tattooer. © lexrazorman / Reddit
  

Celebrities also have their moments of regret with tattoos, and they might either cover them up with new ink or get rid of them altogether.