So J.D. decided to forever love his lady by having not her name, but her entire image permanently inked on his body.  Sweet gesture indeed, but I tend to frown upon sentiments such as this.   It’s almost like a jinx to me – kinda like when a couple is together for 10 years and they finally decide to legalize it and then turn around and get a divorce 3 months later.  I’m kinda cautious when it comes to displays of affection.  I once was in love (or at the time what I considered to be love) with this guy and soon after graduating college I got an office job and after much debate, I decided to put this dude’s picture up on my cubicle wall. LO AND BEHOLD, not 2 days later, we had viciously broken up.  Never mind the fact that he was seeing someone else who happened to call me and question me about our relationship while I was at work.  I was strongly convinced that by putting his picture up and indirectly announcing to the world that he was my guy, I had left myself open to the evil rules of dating and hence the love of my life (at the time) was gone.  So even to this day, I have not put anymore of my boyfriend’s pics up.  Seriously – I have been married for 4 years and no one at work even knew what he looked like.  So at any rate, if you do happen to ink someone’s name or image on your body, here are a few good acceptable reasons for doing so…

1.  The person is deceased – there is no way to debate anyone about this one right here.  This is done out of love and respect

2. The person is your child or parent – you really can’t debate this one either.  Your child or parent can’t divorce you or break up with you.  You two are forever stuck together.  The only thing about this is that you have to think about future kids.  You don’t want to end up like Faith Evans and have to just keep putting name after name one under the other.  You will end up looking like you’re toting  a grocery list on your body.

3. You have been with this person for 20+ years – I mean, if you and your significant other are at this stage in the game, then go at it.  You may be old and wrinkled at this point, but at least if y’all break up after the 20-mile marker you should have some damn good stories to tell about it!

4.  The person also gets your name/image inked on them as well- this way you can both go through life in a total state of awkwardness.

My personal suggestion – play it safe by only getting that person’s initials or maybe even their astrological sign or something.  That way, if things go awry you can always claim that you have a sincere love of crabs and fish (heh heh) or that the initials ‘B.J.’ really stand for…umm ‘blowjob?’  EH

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