Today, I went in to get my first tattoo. I'd put a lot of thought into it and was really excited when the day came. Long story short, the Celtic knot I'd gotten turned out to have an alternate meaning of "female sex slave." The faces my very Irish family made were beyond words. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was getting my first tattoo done. My parents told me it was a bad idea. My friends' parents told me it was a bad idea. I told them that people get tattoos done all the time and nothing goes wrong. Fifty minutes into the tattoo on my back, the artist said, "Oh shit, shit, shit. We can fix this." FML
Today, I found out the tattoo symbolising my marriage turned out to be more permanent than the marriage itself. FML
Today, I got my first tattoo. It's a large broadsword which runs the length of my spine. I went home to show it off, only to learn that the hilt on my neck looks just like a penis when the rest of it is covered with my shirt. FML
Today, I got my first tattoo. It was a surprise for my fiancé: our names together over a heart. I went home but before I could show him, he said we had to have a "talk." So now my ex's name is tattooed on my back. The kicker? Turns out I'm allergic to the ink. FML
Today, my quite squeamish girlfriend came with me to get my latest tattoo. She saw a few drops of blood, screamed in the tattooist's ear, and completely fucked up part of the outline. She had to alter the tattoo drastically to cover up the mess and now it just looks bad. FML
Today, I was looking at tattoos and fell in love with a really cool looking one, so I decided to get it. I later showed it to a friend who is a cop. He informed me that it is a gang tattoo. I think I just put a target on my ankle. FML
Today, I went to get my first tattoo. Before we started, the tattooist told me to just relax and embrace the pain. I guess I did that too well; I kept getting an erection throughout. FML
Today, I got piss drunk. Being a tattoo artist, I came to the intoxicated conclusion that I could save much more money doing my own tattoos on myself. I now have my ex-boyfriend's name permanently on my thigh. It's not even spelled right. FML
Today, I finally found out that the tattoo on my lower back means "slut" in Chinese, instead of "good fortune" as I always thought it did. FML
Today, my tattoo artist boyfriend of five months gave me my first tattoo in celebration of my 18th birthday. It was supposed to be a heart with my name in script. He spelled my name wrong. FML
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xLIGHTS_fml 23
That's why you should know what the tattoo means first!
Kidkaplan 19
You should also get a 4-leaf clover for food luck
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Comments (106)
fischerxx 10
One more reason to design your own
Stefanie88 24
YDI for not doing more research.
beclaurela 18
Apparently you didn't put enough thought.
KayleeT 9
If the meaning behind the tattoo wasn't what you put the most thought into, then what part of it DID you think through?
ChakatBlackstar 29
oooh, kinky.
zilla52 12
you didn't. think to much
BigRigX 2
There is no celtic knot with that meaning. If it is the purity cross, then it has to be forcefully tattooed upon said slave, and contain no decorative designs. I believe you were lied to.
TheDrifter 24
So if it's an unadorned purity cross, it would appear to be a slave tattoo to those who do not know whether it was forcibly applied? It seems you have over thought things and missed the point of the fml.
SayPeanuts 29
I'm Irish and I've never heard of that and I know a few tattoo artists and they've never mentioned Celtic knots having any other meaning. They're just pictures. But if there is a design that doubles as a symbol for "female sex slave", which I really doubt, I don't think many people would know what it means unless they're interested in that kind of thing. You should research tattoos fully before getting them done. That's just common sense.
Ihaveonefriend 7
I know that feeling.
RosenT1990 9
Sounds as if your family just wasn't fond of the fact you got a tattoo, period.