But it made me smile when I saw it. I got my first, probably only tattoo about 6 years ago.
I had 2 dear friends who passed away in summer of 2014, only 25 days apart. I got my tattoo in December of that year on my right upper arm. I had a few ideas and made some sketches, showed them to the artist who did drafts and embellishments until we came up with the finished product. It's a split/broken and cracked heart, each side with a name, date of birth and death, 2014 ribbon across the bottom. After all that back and forth he messed up the birthday of one but was able to fix the single number, yet it's not as sharp as the other side. Oh well. No regerts.
The funny thing is one of these friends was a tattoo artist, the one whose date got messed up. He had a large tattoo on his abdomen that said Self Destructive. He was a recovering alcoholic who'd gotten that tattoo many years before, when he wasn't using his best judgement. He didn't quite regret getting it, but his other tattoos were artistic, not linguistic.
He was always offering to give me a tattoo but I didn't want one. Then a friend for 30 years died, I thought about having him do a tattoo in memory. The following month that friend died.
That's when I came up with the image and idea, my heart was badly broken broken and they were both embedded in a piece of it.
Tattooing words or numbers might be problematic if there's a mistake (typo?) Or a change in your feelings after you get it. I've heard stories of people living with the name of a former lover somewhere on their body.
I was over 50 when I got my tattoo, and I have no regrets.
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