Today, I was struggling through small-talk at a party where I knew nobody. Tattoos came up and I started talking about trendy, girly tattoos like feathers, anchors and infinity signs with stupid words in them. Turns out the girl I was talking to had all three. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I met my brother's girlfriend. We got talking, and we got onto the subject of tattoos. I said how much I hated tramp stamps, and how they make girls look trashy. She said, "Like this?" and showed me hers. FML
Today, I decided I was going to dump my needy girlfriend. I was about to break the news when she stopped me. She showed me her new tattoo she had gotten. Our names, surrounded by a love heart spread across her back. She reckons I should get a matching one. 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 on my third date with a great guy. We finally got round to talking about his tattoos. All 57 are related to his best friend. All of them. The best friend he never stops talking about. Somehow I don't think this will work out. FML
Today, I went to a tattoo artist to get what I thought would be really cute, elegant finger tattoos. I left with wobbly, blobby messes all over my fingers. FML
Today, I went to get a tattoo of my girlfriend's name to surprise her. Halfway through the tattooing, she called and broke up with me. FML
Today on my birthday, my wife thought it would be a good idea to get matching tattoos. Our tattoo artist happened to be her ex-boyfriend. I sat and listened to them talk about their relationship and how they should stay in touch. FML
Today, my girlfriend dumped me for the tattoo artist who gave us our matching "love" tattoos. FML
Today, my girlfriend had a bitch fit at me because I laughed at her idea of getting the Cullen family tree tattooed on her back. FML
Today, I was showing my unique new tattoo to my friends when a man approaches me with his digital camera and asks if he could take a picture of the tattoo for his website. I agreed. I find out later that it's a site about ugly tattoos. FML
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Welshite 40
Tattoos is one subject I don't insult, because people have them for personal reasons I know nothing about.
kenleybunch 15
If she likes them, cool. But she can't get mad if people make fun of her for following the pack. My favorite is "refuse to sink" with an anchor. ANCHORS SINK PEOPLE.
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Gittoh 21
all pretty tattoo objects will become popular some time, there may be a thousand people who already had a feather tattooed before it became so popular. We get tattoos because of different reasons. some thinks tattooes have to mean something and some just like tattoos and get them because they look pretty.
lousms 6
Today, I was chatting to this strange girl at a party and we started talking about tattoos. We jokes about stupid, trendy, meaningless tattoos. She made fun of feathers, anchors, and infinity signs in particular... I have tattoos of all three. FML.
LennyComa 39
Never Insult a persons Tattoo's. All mine are personal to me and have meanings. However Next time maybe ask about the tattoo's someone has before you start slagging off the designs you aren't fond of
askullnamedbilly 33
There is nobody on this entire planet who could convince me that their butterfly trampstamp, 'I refuse to sink' anchor tattoo or treble/bass clef heart has a deep personal meaning and a backstory to them.
amphetamin3 17
I knew a lady who used to tell us that when she died, she would become a butterfly and that every time we saw a butterfly, we would know she was around...my cousin ended up getting a butterfly tramp stamp in memory of her. I'm still not a fan of tramp stamps...but, hers has a meaning.
candiicane 12
I've been playing the violin since I was 8 years old (and many others since then, but that was my starting point). If I had continued I could've been professional but my life took a different path. In grade 9, while doodling, I made the little treble bass heart and thought "cool I want to do that one day!" Flash forward a few years when I can actually get it, and bam everyone has it. I searched the internet and found a different variation that looks much more feminine and I got that done. Music has been my life for 14 years, and I wanted something to symbolize that on my body. It may not be deep, nobody died, but it is a pure representation of me.
slyde32 12
the anchor with "refuse to sink" is my most hated generic tattoo, if my anchor doesn't sink, I'm demanding a refund
GraceyBlueEyes 13
22 you are just ignorant then. A very close friend of mine has gone through so much in his life. Including a car accident leaving him with brain damaged and to be judged by every teacher with what he can and can't do. Music has played a huge part in his ability to deal with ever and his treble clef tattoo means a lot to him.
LennyComa 39
#85, My mate git the triforce symbol and he has never recived any flak for it
Grauncho 27
Oh so she can relate to the topic you were talking about. Good choice, OP.
cryssycakesx3 23
lol has anyone else herd that song "queer tattoo"? if not, check it out. it's hilarious.
XCrazyMofo2010X 17
Don't worry. It's not like you expected her ro have them.
Telperion 8
I think the comment is fine - I wouldn't assume the sexuality of the poster based solely on gender - OP could be interested in women, we don't know.
ActionFearo 39
It's ok OP, we all make mistakes haha
syed121417 22
While I think those tattoos look pretty, they are pretty overused. This is why you ask if they have any tattoos before passing any judgement about any ones in particular. But FYL, OP, the fact that she had them was still unexpected
cjwayy 22
I totally agree. They're so overused, like Chinese character tats. The only acceptable feather tattoos in my opinion are dream catchers with feathers... I think they're gorgeous. But other than that, they're stupid. I've also seen a lot of girls with quotes from The Fault In Our Stars -_-
amphetamin3 17
One person's "stupid" is another person's "gorgeous." But, really, who cares? It's their body... Unless you're a Siamese twin, their tattoos shouldn't bother you.
Faff 20
Dreamcatcher tattoos are just as overused as those other tattoos.
maxdragonxiii 8
Did you read "The Fault in Our Stars?" If you don't and discriminate because of so, then go read the book and see why they might put a tattoo on it. The book have some quotes that revolves around cancer, so it makes sense that some might want to put a tattoo on it because it reminds them of ---- or ----.
hayjay2000 8
You are such a bitch... Hey, have you ever thought they were just cute so they wanted them. Or how about those people who have had family members struggle with cancer and get quotes from "The Fault in Our Stars"
EpicSquishii 21
76- Shut up, you over-sensitive, whiney little thing. We're all allowed our own opinions on what seems stupid, uninspired, tacky, or generic to us individually. My mom died from a horrifying bout with cancer and you don't see me or anyone else who has lost someone dear and close to the disease bitching about some random persons preferences and pet peeves. I swear, sometimes it just seems like people desperately want to feel offended by the most meaningless bullshit.