How would you react if someone got a tattoo of your face, and did it without letting you know in advance?
A Redditor is dealing with this right now after her husband, who she's been with for nearly four years, decided to surprise her with an unexpected tattoo. It's an unusual situation, to say the least, so it's little wonder that she has reached out for some advice.
"I hated it and couldn't hide it on my face," OP wrote. "I kept asking if it was fake and if this was a prank."
Ultimately, it was no prank. OP says the art wasn't very good, and she told her husband that she didn't like it.
They went back and forth. Basically, she's not down with an ugly tattoo of her face on her husband's leg, and he's not down with her reaction, because he thought it was a grand romantic gesture.
For advice, OP went to the wise Redditors on r/relationship_advice.
As a few commenters noted, getting a tattoo that has anything to do with your significant other is bad luck. You're basically daring fate to do something to make you regret ever getting that body art.
"I am a pretty covered wife of a tattoo artist, and I would be absolutely mortified if my husband did this!" wrote one incredulous commenter.
"We always have a discussion with each other before we get inked, just to make sure that we are OK with placements, designs, et cetera. It's just respectful."
One comment suggested turning this faux pas into a fun couple activity: "Tell him you love him and can't wait to see him. Tell him your love for him hasn't changed, and if he wants, y'all can both pick out a badass cover-up tattoo together for him."
As one poster pointed out, tattoo removal is a thing: "Suck to waste that money on the tattoo and then immediately removing it but there has been plenty more money wasted on bigger screwups. Just get it lasered off. I can't believe your husband thought it was a good idea either, but he must have thought you'd like it."
Imagine someone showing you their new tattoo, and it's an ugly rendition of your face. It must be a weird feeling.
It sounds like OP and her husband will be just fine in the end, but how would you handle this situation? Let us know in the comments section.
