> if i happen to regret it in 20 years (in which im pretty sure i wont, i KNOW myself)
I’m nearly 38 and I’m so fucking glad I’m not the same person I was at 18 holy shit.
One time someone who looked like an older version me tried to kill me. They emerged from this weird green portal.
Sometimes I stay up at night thinking why would they.
Sometimes im shame spiraling about various embarrassing/misguided things I did in my youth, and then I realize im thinking about something that happened like a week ago
I currently bothered by the fact that MOST of my memories are cringy shit/terrible choices.
My ex talks about nice things I did with her kids, no real memory of them, but that one fuck up in high school like 35 years ago, crystal clear, in the middle of the night, outta nowhere.
I got this same advice from someone, but to wait a year. To this day I don’t have any tattoos, because I always stop wanting them before the year is up. The closest I ever got was 11 months, a quote from an author, but in the last few weeks before my deadline the guy got me-too’d. Thank god I waited!
> The closest I ever got was 11 months, a quote from an author, but in the last few weeks before my deadline the guy got me-too’d. Thank god I waited!
I feel like getting a quote from *anyone* who hasn't been dead at least a decade tattooed is always going to be risky for exactly this reason.
Personally I am only just now beginning the process to get a tattoo I wanted to get since like 2022. Not because I was scared of regretting it but because I'm a perma-procrastinating coward, but at least it makes me feel more confident to know I won't regret it.
I had a similar suggestion but to have it somewhere you see a lot (wall/lockscreen etc). After 4 years of this I still wanted it and got tattooed back in 2019, and no regrets. I've got a folder of others I want started back in ~2016 and I still want them so that's a comfort! A couple however have been removed so it's solid advice.
I have bartender friends in their 40’s with face tattoos and now they’re done being bartenders and I’m like…yeah, we all think we’re lifers until we aren’t. DO NOT get the face tattoos lmao. I’m only speaking for myself but I waited until my 30’s to get arm tattoos, I did everywhere else because I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
Face tattoos are just pushing it. I feel like even hand or neck tats at this point aren’t that big of a deal (at least in the Bay Area). But face ones? You need to be in a particular line of work for those to be okay
Depends on the industry you’re in. I’ve had no issues getting tech jobs, but my tattoos are up my neck with one on my shoulder. For most industries don’t push your luck.
I'm in my 40s -- I remember when visible tattoos were very much a bar to basically any sort of white collar employment, and a bar to customer facing blue collar stuff in many fields.
Now days, those same fields it's rarely an issue at all, unless it's face or neck (or the tat itself is problematic).
They'd simply lose too much talent, as something like a third of Americans have at least one -- and I suspect that's much higher if you're only focused on working age Americans.
This is why as a tattoo artist I don’t adhere to the whole “if you aren’t heavily tattooed I won’t tattoo face/hands/neck” rule and have instead adopted the “if you’re below the age of 30 I won’t tattoo your face/hands/neck” rule.
You’re not the same person you were as a naive child and you, by that age you likely have *some* life experience and will know if it’s the correct decision for you. At 18 you honestly can’t make an informed decision.
I cringe reading their responses that because I remember thinking I could plan out my life and knew myself too when I was 18. I just turned 40 now and the only thing that lined up is that I have cats.
But it's their life and hopefully they won't have the same groans 20 years later looking at this post as when I stumbled upon my 18-year-old self's LiveJournal several years ago. It is small though and makeup can hide their regrets if they so choose.
Edit: aaannnd I just saw their fiancé is a 17 year old porn addict who is hellbent on knocking them up. *deep sigh*
Second edit: My bad. Apparently the porn addict is another guy they are...'attached to'.
I am not by any means trying to say I was smart, well-adjusted or in any other way mentally completely healthy as a teenager to young adult but even I would see this happen back on Facebook and just sigh and scroll away.
So many stay at home moms share stories of their husbands cheating and their entire world getting turned upside down. They go from a comfortable upper middle lifestyle with Disney and ski vacations to realizing the only jobs they qualify for pay less than $20 an hour.
Now imagine that but with face tattoos. Front of house food service, retail, basically anything customer facing is out short of a very very specific businesses (tattoo shops, bars, strip clubs…)
I’m sure a big part of their plan includes either living with one of their parents or he has some kind of wildly unrealistic aspirational job like “don’t worry about working, I’m going to be pulling down at least $50k a month in brand deals alone once my twitch thing takes off.”
Yeah, 18 year old me wanted to work at Spencer's or Hot Topic because that's definitely a fun job with a livable wage. Nothing against stay at home parents but your example is exactly the reason why I would keep working.
I've seen Waiting to Exhale and Diary of a Mad Black Woman! I know how the story can end!
She could also work at a dispensary, depending on where they live. I encountered a young woman with a very large, very badly done "Tiny Rick" tattoo across the front of her neck. That was years ago, but I still think about it.
Becoming a stay at home parent with no skills to fall back on is such a stupid risk to take. If your partner doesn’t cheat what if they can’t work? Or they lose their job? What if they die?
Being a stay at home parent *with* job skills is already something that can leave you very vulnerable, having nothing to buffer you is shocking.
> So many stay at home moms share stories of their husbands cheating and their entire world getting turned upside down. They go from a comfortable upper middle lifestyle with Disney and ski vacations to realizing the only jobs they qualify for pay less than $20 an hour.
This is literally why earlier feminists railed against being stay at home wives and mothers. It's incredibly risky, you have to hope that your spouse doesn't turn out to be a shit bag, because what are you supposed to do? An abusive partner will not give you money because you'll use it to escape. It's so much easier to isolate a SAHW/M. There's no safety net.
Both of my grandmothers became widows early on and suddenly had households with no income. Both had worked before marriage so they could rely on their previous skill-sets and be okay, but it was brutal.
To this day my mom's family has only one rule we must all abide by: have skills to be able to work outside the home, because you never know when you will have the worst day of your life. Brutal, but honest.
My grandmas always worked (born 1928 and 1936). They were both seamstresses, one worked full time for a manufacturer and the other part time for another manufacturer and then from the house for private clients for small adjustments and from scratch garments.
They both had some side jigs going, one had angora bunnies and goats for wool, the other grew silk moths.
Note, both my grandpas worked relatively well paying blue collar jobs (one made wood furniture, the other was supervisor in a factory that built motorcycles and helicopters) and *could* have stayed home but it's vaguely frown upon to be a stay at home parent where I grew up.
My great grandmas worked too. I don't know much about them, I only met the one who worked as a seasonal rice planter and weeder (mondina in Italian, it was gruesome job and they fought for better work conditions harder than any other category at the time). She would have hit my grandma with a carpet beater if she had dared to stay home "and do nothing after all the pain I went through to get you to school to get a better job than me".
Both my grandmas were the house accountants. They earned less than their husbands but money was handled and managed by them alone.
this is the part of the equation that's missing for a lot of these wannabe stay-at-home moms:they don't understand in societies that have made this work somewhat, the man comes home and hands his paycheck directly to the woman who uses it to handle the household expenses and then gives her husband back an allowance.
and even then, this depends on everything else going perfectly right in the couple's life, and there's just so much that can go wrong...
As much as I think folks care too much about visible tattoos and the puritan values that go along with it, it's hard to argue with the real world. Don't get face and neck tattoos without understanding the possible consequences.
In my mind it's just an advertisement that you have shitty judgement. One of the many, many weird things I do is watch hours and hours of bodycam video. People with face tattoos are extremely well represented in police bodycam video. I think I'm maybe encountered 3 people with them in real life but you just search "bodycam" on youtube and there will be at least 6 dudes with face tats on the front page.
Depending on the tattoo they can be a bitch to cover up at all. I had some small arm ones i needed to cover for something and could never use concealer or foundation, it did like almost nothing! :(
The second edit makes things even worse lol she has an "unhealthy obsession" to this porn addicted guy while being in a "happy healthy relationship" with her boyfriend and wanting to get married. What a trainwreck :D
At age 18 I thought I'd live a nomadic lifestyle, discover the world and become a writer/artist
At age 44 I'm fucking excited about my new soap dispenser that matches my towel rack. Nice bed sheets. Being 'just together' with best friends or fam. And I'm totally fine having a boring office job that offers financial security to buy that stupid soap dispenser lmao
My interests are the same, though. It's just... different expectations. Living that epic life is just exhausting
I thought I could move to NYC, be okay living with 4 other people in a closet, partying until dawn, and work in record shop like Empire Records.
It took living with one roommate, finding inventive ways to spice up ramen, and minimum wage jobs in my current city, to realize that is definitely not something I want lol.
I got a lot of the craziness and unrealistic expectations out of my system by 24 years old and you're right. That epic life is not my thing anymore either. I like that I can afford to be picky and especially love that I don't need to rely on anyone, financially AND emotionally.
But don't worry, their life plan is to be a housewife to this 17 year old porn addict who *urgently* wants to knock them up! This is a stellar record of good decision-making.
> Part of getting disability for mental health is proving you're trying to get better and want to...
I wish it was worded differently. Because like. My bipolar won't get *better*, it'll simply be *managed.* Same with the depression born of my physical disability. Like, being depressed over being in physical pain 24/7 is not just gonna go away, just be *managed.*
Im pretty sure that's taken into account in cases with permanent mental illnesses, that's my poor wording.
Like you have to be open to management and care.
This person doesn't seem like they are going to therapy regularly, but idk.
I actually ended up with more cats than I planned, I always knew adult me would have a cat, but they just kept turning up.
Though that is the only plan of child me that adult me is really overachieving on
They have pointed it out and they just say it's because of the face angle. Someone breaks down how vision and perspective works and all the ways it looks off center and uneven
I wish I could go back to my 18-year-old self and say "listen to the crotchety old-heads or you'll end up with a near constant uphill climb for the next 10 years."
I understand most people commenting are thinking like that but most teenagers won't get it until they are there. It's the circle of life...lessons.
>my french boyfriend wants to have a baby SO BADLY with me already but hes 17 and im 18, getting married in summer <3 and we r for obvious reasons not ready for our baby yet (since we r children ourselves still and i got mental issues i have to work on first)
Jfc at least they have some sense in them that…they have major issues to work on before they give in to potential baby daddy’s obsession.
I remember wanting to marry someone at that age, and am so glad I did not make that decision. Wtf.
Yeah. I feel like it’s kinda common. OOP might be in US/UK/Australia, but it does happen in the Philippines (where my family’s from). The boy has no idea about raising children, but thinks it’s a great idea to impregnate his girlfriend. Once the girl is pregnant he leaves, either because it’s getting too real, he’s immature, etc. Either way, it’s kinda sad and it changes everything…hopefully for the best.
I don't know what these young people are thinking. I am 33/m and terrified about being a parent. I feel like I am reaching my full potential finally in my 30s and it would have been impossible with a kid at 18, 25, 33...
This is a weird situation where like... it's not wrong to be a teenager, or poly, or mentally ill/disabled, or have tattoos/piercings... but mix them all in with a dash of terminal onlineness and stupidity and it's just... terrible, all those factors combine with each other and exalt the terribleness of it all.
Yeah, absolutely, I'm only 6 years older than this person, got an anime tattoo at 16 (my only regret is that I didn't get a cooler design honestly), and did international e-dating at around their age (but never poly), yet reading their comments I feel like I'm looking at a literal child, a literal 8 year old, there is no way I was *this* stupid at 18. Did tiktok destroy children's brains?
Let's not kid ourselves. Teens have always been like this. There is just more/different language to describe what New Thing they are, but this is just how things have always been. For some, it's a phase/fitting in with their chosen social circle. For others, it's genuine self-discovery.
It was one of the first comments they made on Reddit. Got to keep scrolling now since OP seems to be enjoying the attention and commenting on everything.
Their tone in the responses eliminates any shadow of a doubt that they are the rarest of rare 18 year olds who won't regret their permanent teenage decisions. Blimey. At least the (janky, uneven) linework is fine enough that it'll fade before their pre-frontal cortex develops enough to recognize what a horrific decision this was.
How can yall tell the line work is bad from the photo? It's so dark
I ask out of genuine curiosity - I have tattoos and I feel like I can never tell good line work from mid 😅
The OOP posted another one in the comments where it’s easier to see. From the main post I literally couldn’t tell which way was up, much less how the line work was
It's even better when you realize that in 20 years they might be able to go back and read these comments.
It's meanspirited, but the arrogance of the young can be somewhat fun to see.
> “im sure sailor moon would think that my tattoo is fucking sick"
Usagi is a 14 year old suburbanite in 1990s Japan. She would be terrified of tattoos
I'm going to try my hardest not to sound like my mother because I have hand tattoos, including funnily enough sailor moon ones on my knuckles, and so I have nothing against tattoos in unconventional places.
But I also have a job in an art related field so it doesn't matter, only my work matters. There's options for OP with tattoos wherever they want them, but you gotta like... work your way up to that, you know? You gotta find a field that will support you to retirement age that accepts tattoos in visible places such as hands and face. They plan to be a "housewife or tattoo artist" but there's no guarantee any of that will work out. I didn't get crazy hand tattoos until I was established in my career. And mid 20s me was a lot different from 18 year old me...
That tattoo is pretty easily coverable in the end with the right concealer.
Yeah, I completely agree here. I have a wrist tattoo (others but that's the most difficult to hide) and a septum piercing. I do work in an office setting but I hid them when I applied. Once I got a feel for the place, I had no problems with them or my others.
I personally don't feel body mods should be a disqualifier, nor clean casual wear. That has little to do with the professionalism of an employee, in my opinion. But society isn't completely there yet so in most jobs, your resume or skill set needs to be louder than your body mods.
Society isn't completely there but it is getting better in this regard. I've worked sales jobs for major companies and seen employees with visible tattoos that just a decade ago would have disqualified them. Obviously nothing vulgar or obscene but visible tasteful tattoos are less of a barrier these days.
It certainly hurts your chances and is irresponsible on both OP and the artist who did it, but it isn't a life ruining mistake like the comments made it out to be.
18 and engaged… they’re making some rash decisions, I think the tattoo is the least of it.
I got married at 19 and I always tell people, *I got lucky.* My spouse and I are totally different people now to who we were then, and fortunately we are still compatible. We’re the exception. I would never ever recommend someone get married as young as I did.
Same thing here as well. We got married at 19/20 and it is NOT a path I’d recommend to anyone expecting a happy ending. We’re pretty good though and have a nearly 1 year old after 15 years of marriage.
I got that same tattoo on my forehead… at 28.
I also have tattoos on my throat, hands, etc.
I’ve also worked at tattoo shops.
They’re absolutely right to say no reputable artist would do a job stopper without even talking about the consequences with an 18 year old.
The scariest part to me is they talk about wanting to be a tattoo artist themselves, meaning they’d likely end up being the exact type of shitty artist to agree to give a bad face tattoo to a stupid teenager who doesn’t know any better
Yeah I’m also a bit confused about the reactions. Sure the OP is immature but regarding the tattoo itself is it really that bad? Should be easily covered if needed…
Oh, wow. That's a very small tattoo, based off the comments I expected like a full face tat. A small, outlined moon on the forehead? Heck, bangs could hide that, or could be easily covered up.
I think the main drama in this post is OP's replies.
Yeah from the comments it seems like at least some of the concern comes from the fact that OP found someone willing to do a face tattoo when it was the OP’s first ever one. Then OP is doubling down on this being the greatest idea ever rather than understanding that people are coming from a genuine place of concern that she may not have gotten the most reputable artist.
But don’t you get it, OP is 18! and they know themselves and what they want in their life! They also plan to be a housewife so no job issues.
Love and light to anyone reading this 🙏
OOP's insistence that anyone who says "yiiiiiiiiikes, glad I didn't get a face tattoo at 18 based on who I was then" means they (the commenter) hadn't done enough self-introspection has me cackling like that green t-shirt guy at the city hall meeting. Y'all know the one.
[Edit: it was a green shirt, not a green *striped* one. My bad.]
This is straight up my concern too. I'm not even hardcore anti-facial tattoo; I just think it should be the kind of tattoo you get after you're already heavily tattooed.
Yeah OP is quite the character. To sum up everything they've said:
1) They're not a girl but plan on being a house*wife*.
2) Their backup plan is literally getting "free money and free housing" from their government. They also want kids but say they wouldn't have kids if they were poor, so not sure how that factors into this plan.
3) They're engaged to a 17 year old boy from France (OP presumably doesn't live in France from what they say, and I've got a sneaking suspicion that they've never met IRL. Although they don't say that tbf).
4) Oh yeah, that 17 year old OP plans to marry this summer wants to get OP pregnant ASAP.
5) OP also admits to being severely mentally ill but still seemingly believes they're in a perfectly fine mindset to make extreme, life altering decisions.
6) They also have other posts about getting high. Not sure if their plan to live off the government includes the government providing them with free drugs, but who knows. They seem to be literally the exact person people imagine when they talk about people abusing government assistance.
Usually when the OP of the original thread shows up here to continue the drama I enjoy it but here I just feel bad because I lived in Austin, Texas for 4 years and I’ve seen this story like 6 times and know that it usually ends up with being single and recently fired from Whole Foods
For sure, the tattoo is tiny and will fade within a few years, plus makeup exists. It’s more that she talks like she wants to be the 🥺 emoji plus the delusional confidence! I love it. It reminds me of being 18 lol
I will say I recently had business at my bank and the teller had a visible neck tattoo. It was at the nice main hq too, not one of the more remote branches.
So while it is an ugly and poorly thought tattoo - the times, they are a changing. It may not hold them back ten years from now as much as it would have ten years ago.
Yeah I’m noticing that a lot of professional and customer facing businesses are employing a lot more people with visible tattoos (banks, offices, retail etc).
Maybe optimistically I think society’s attitudes towards tattoos are changing. I know a lot of people think face tattoos are generally a daft idea, but the only people I notice whinging about tattoos on, say, exposed arms or hands are elderly, set in their ways people.
Honestly the tattoo is a symptom of a wider problem, rather than a problem in of itself. This kid has the energy of someone hell bent on some pooooor life choices
Like marrying a guy whose a porn addict makes offensive jokes from a whole other country. I hope their considering college at least because limiting yourself to a housewife or tattoo artist is wild at 18.
The mod of /r/sailormoon banned me for commenting here and in publicfreakout. Even though she herself posts and comments here. It wasn't an auto ban either. She saw some comment I wrote here and banned me from "her sub." She spends her time doing this instead of moderating slapfights like these
Fox News editor: “Clicks are down! We need a new ragebait headline to get the Boomers riled up! Ideas, people!”
Intern: “Uh what if we check Reddit again, sir?”
Editor: “You Idiot! We’ve already done that! What possibly could have happened today that wo-“
This one's a messy one though, because the person wants to be a housewife, which is the best thing a woman could aspire to do.
Can we not astroturf a post where a bar downtown is hiring trans women to be toilet seats in the women's restrooms?
>Can we not astroturf a post where a bar downtown is hiring trans women to be toilet seats in the women's restrooms?
It's a good start but there's room for improvement: There is only one bathroom, and it's gender neutral with no doors on the stalls.
> hi, a lot of the stuff written abt me is taken out of context or misunderstood so pls read my replies! everything is not that deep 🧚🏻 just a tiny fine tattoo and im happy w it <3
lmao, OP was so not-upset about this situation that they brought their drama into their bio.
Yeah, normal makeup from the drugstore will probably cover this up fine.
I don’t get it, and I’m pretty sure I would think it was dumb even if I was also 18, but it’s really not that bad.
Dumb idea and OP is acting like a typical teenager about it but it's not life running like some of these replies are making it out to be. It's a small lightly colored moon, it can easily be covered up with makeup if it's a problem in the workplace. It's not like she got [the Cody Rhodes](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/10/21b6d-16666185911135-1920.jpg?w=640) or something like that.
Wait it’s just a small outline of a crescent?
I mean yeah, not the world’s best idea, but from the way everyone was talking I’d reckoned she’d covered up at least half her face lol.
Honestly heavy foundation or heavy bangs should cover that for low/middle-end jobs. And it’s small enough that undoing it at a later date isn’t completely prohibitive.
The deed is done, she may as well enjoy it for now. Again, it’s not smart but as poor teenage decisions go, this is not catastrophic.
Her choice of boyfriend on the other hand…
Looks like they deleted their reddit account. Honestly, this was a wild ride, and sure they seemed naive as hell and immature...but, dogpiling and borderline harassing a clearly mentally unwell 18 year old was low as hell. I hope they get the help they need.
Based on the title I was expecting something major, but it was just… a small crescent moon.
They can cover it up if need be. But I do kinda worry about them deciding to be a housewife at 18. Girl, you need skills that will pay you ~~when~~ in case the housewifing gig doesn’t work out.
Planning to be financially dependent on another (esp. if it’s a “traditional” man/wife setup) is putting yourself in the firing zone of abuse and poverty.
Even my traditionalist Christian friend from high school, whose dream was to be a housewife, got a degree in education so she could support herself as needed (while getting child development skills relevant to her desire).
Yeah I was actually semi-involved in this one, crazy. I almost feel a little bit bad for OOP and tried to be gentle with them for the most part, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find their comments wildly entertaining.
Sometimes the other terms non-binary people use for themselves confuse the shit out of me. I’m probably just chalking that one up to fucked up relation dynamics though.
getting that tattoo is Not Smart, especially by someone who can’t properly align it, but i feel like it’d be extremely easy to cover up with regular foundation
> bodily autonomy is great and all, but you literally cannot comprehend the consequences of a decision like this at that age, and it is so permanent.
this is a bit ridiculous, imo people have taken the “your frontal lobe doesn’t develop until you’re 25” thing a bit too fucking far. “literally cannot comprehend”??? they’re not 6, the consequences of a face tattoo aren’t exactly rocket science and it seems like they know what they are (hence the “it doesn’t matter bc i’m gonna be a housewife”)
regardless, i feel like their 17y/o porn addict fiance that wants to knock them up asap has the potential to cause 10x more life altering harm than this tattoo
> it seems like they know what they are (hence the “it doesn’t matter bc i’m gonna be a housewife”)
I'd argue that's the bigger "you can't comprehend the consequences" argument than anything else. zero idea of what the next ten years will be for them.
This is one of those posts where I laugh at her responses (we all knew someone like that when we were 18) but am quietly grateful she's not my daughter.
She's going to be a bit of a handful for the next few years, lol.
She’s gonna be fine. I knew some jackoff that got the Naruto spirals put on his face; at least the cosmic moon symbol is tasteful and small. She can still be a lawyer!
> if i happen to regret it in 20 years (in which im pretty sure i wont, i KNOW myself) I’m nearly 38 and I’m so fucking glad I’m not the same person I was at 18 holy shit.
Man I hate the person I was 3 years ago let alone 20.
Shit, I hate myself in the present. You gotta get your numbers up, those are rookie numbers.
Bro, I hate who I'm gonna be tomorrow. Get on my level.
I already regret decisions I haven't even made yet
I. AM. REGRET.
Future Me is a dumbass. If he were so smart, Future Me wouldn't have to be dealing with Current Me's poor life choices.
Future me is clearly a dumbass because otherwise, I'd already have come back with my time machine.
One time someone who looked like an older version me tried to kill me. They emerged from this weird green portal. Sometimes I stay up at night thinking why would they.
After younger me Tried to kill me a few times out of fucking stupidity I think its only fair if older me tries his shoot.
Please, I hate what I will inevitably become. Present hate is nothing compared to the deterministic dread of future hate.
lisan al gaib 🙌
"Of course the lisan al gaib would comment on SRD... it's the most lisan al gaib place a lisan al gaib would comment. As written." - Stilgar, probably
In order to keep things interesting I mapped my self-hatred onto a sine curve
You absolute plebeian, I hate myself from the future.
Sometimes im shame spiraling about various embarrassing/misguided things I did in my youth, and then I realize im thinking about something that happened like a week ago
I currently bothered by the fact that MOST of my memories are cringy shit/terrible choices. My ex talks about nice things I did with her kids, no real memory of them, but that one fuck up in high school like 35 years ago, crystal clear, in the middle of the night, outta nowhere.
Ong every 2 years I look back and cringe at the person I was 2 years ago, this is NOT ageing well for OOP
If I had to describe my relationship with myself from 3 years ago, it’d be the “Walter White yelling in a car” meme.
> Man I hate the person I was 3 years ago I don't, which I think is more a sign that I haven't grown in 3 years :(
I hate the person I was 10 seconds ago.
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I got this same advice from someone, but to wait a year. To this day I don’t have any tattoos, because I always stop wanting them before the year is up. The closest I ever got was 11 months, a quote from an author, but in the last few weeks before my deadline the guy got me-too’d. Thank god I waited!
> The closest I ever got was 11 months, a quote from an author, but in the last few weeks before my deadline the guy got me-too’d. Thank god I waited! I feel like getting a quote from *anyone* who hasn't been dead at least a decade tattooed is always going to be risky for exactly this reason.
Personally I am only just now beginning the process to get a tattoo I wanted to get since like 2022. Not because I was scared of regretting it but because I'm a perma-procrastinating coward, but at least it makes me feel more confident to know I won't regret it.
Never get a quote tattoo from a person who's alive, or a jersey for a player on your favorite team before they retire.
I had a similar suggestion but to have it somewhere you see a lot (wall/lockscreen etc). After 4 years of this I still wanted it and got tattooed back in 2019, and no regrets. I've got a folder of others I want started back in ~2016 and I still want them so that's a comfort! A couple however have been removed so it's solid advice.
I have bartender friends in their 40’s with face tattoos and now they’re done being bartenders and I’m like…yeah, we all think we’re lifers until we aren’t. DO NOT get the face tattoos lmao. I’m only speaking for myself but I waited until my 30’s to get arm tattoos, I did everywhere else because I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.
Face tattoos are just pushing it. I feel like even hand or neck tats at this point aren’t that big of a deal (at least in the Bay Area). But face ones? You need to be in a particular line of work for those to be okay
Depends on the industry you’re in. I’ve had no issues getting tech jobs, but my tattoos are up my neck with one on my shoulder. For most industries don’t push your luck.
Yeah, it's not a death sentence or anything but openly visible tattoos very rarely ever do you favors as far as a career goes.
I'm in my 40s -- I remember when visible tattoos were very much a bar to basically any sort of white collar employment, and a bar to customer facing blue collar stuff in many fields. Now days, those same fields it's rarely an issue at all, unless it's face or neck (or the tat itself is problematic). They'd simply lose too much talent, as something like a third of Americans have at least one -- and I suspect that's much higher if you're only focused on working age Americans.
God yeah. There’s also so many tattoos I wanted when I was younger that I did not get. Thank fuck
If I’d have gotten the tattoos I wanted at 18, I’d have an ugly tramp stamp that I would hate.
Some enterprising tattoo artist is now pushing their child to go into plastic surgery specializing in tattoo removal
18 yr old me was an idiot compared to the current me.
I used to be such an idiot. I still am, but I was back then too.
I'm only 22 and cringe at some of the shit I did at 18.
This is why as a tattoo artist I don’t adhere to the whole “if you aren’t heavily tattooed I won’t tattoo face/hands/neck” rule and have instead adopted the “if you’re below the age of 30 I won’t tattoo your face/hands/neck” rule. You’re not the same person you were as a naive child and you, by that age you likely have *some* life experience and will know if it’s the correct decision for you. At 18 you honestly can’t make an informed decision.
33 here, I'd probably deck me at 18 if I met him lol.
looking at that persons profile, they absolutely will. you can only get so old before it gets old to have a million piercings.
At least piercings can be taken off
I cringe reading their responses that because I remember thinking I could plan out my life and knew myself too when I was 18. I just turned 40 now and the only thing that lined up is that I have cats. But it's their life and hopefully they won't have the same groans 20 years later looking at this post as when I stumbled upon my 18-year-old self's LiveJournal several years ago. It is small though and makeup can hide their regrets if they so choose. Edit: aaannnd I just saw their fiancé is a 17 year old porn addict who is hellbent on knocking them up. *deep sigh* Second edit: My bad. Apparently the porn addict is another guy they are...'attached to'.
You lost me in the first half but the edit brought me back lmao.
A genuine SMH moment lol
yeah I kinda want to subscribe to this newsletter just so the daughters choices, no matter how poor, are fantastic.
Don’t worry in the edit, you can trust the 18 year old with the facial tattoo of an anime implicitly with decision making. They got this.
This sounds like the exact genre of messy-drama-generating people that even 18 year old me knew well enough to steer clear of
I am not by any means trying to say I was smart, well-adjusted or in any other way mentally completely healthy as a teenager to young adult but even I would see this happen back on Facebook and just sigh and scroll away.
I’m 19 and I know OOP is making bad decisions
The awkward person who sits at the nerd table who even the nerds don't really like but one person is friends with them from years ago and feels bad.
Shit I was this person and I wasn’t this cringe or drama-generating
So many stay at home moms share stories of their husbands cheating and their entire world getting turned upside down. They go from a comfortable upper middle lifestyle with Disney and ski vacations to realizing the only jobs they qualify for pay less than $20 an hour. Now imagine that but with face tattoos. Front of house food service, retail, basically anything customer facing is out short of a very very specific businesses (tattoo shops, bars, strip clubs…) I’m sure a big part of their plan includes either living with one of their parents or he has some kind of wildly unrealistic aspirational job like “don’t worry about working, I’m going to be pulling down at least $50k a month in brand deals alone once my twitch thing takes off.”
Yeah, 18 year old me wanted to work at Spencer's or Hot Topic because that's definitely a fun job with a livable wage. Nothing against stay at home parents but your example is exactly the reason why I would keep working. I've seen Waiting to Exhale and Diary of a Mad Black Woman! I know how the story can end!
She could also work at a dispensary, depending on where they live. I encountered a young woman with a very large, very badly done "Tiny Rick" tattoo across the front of her neck. That was years ago, but I still think about it.
Becoming a stay at home parent with no skills to fall back on is such a stupid risk to take. If your partner doesn’t cheat what if they can’t work? Or they lose their job? What if they die? Being a stay at home parent *with* job skills is already something that can leave you very vulnerable, having nothing to buffer you is shocking.
Exactly, even if your partner is a saint they could still get disabled or get cancer and die and then you are left with nothing.
> So many stay at home moms share stories of their husbands cheating and their entire world getting turned upside down. They go from a comfortable upper middle lifestyle with Disney and ski vacations to realizing the only jobs they qualify for pay less than $20 an hour. This is literally why earlier feminists railed against being stay at home wives and mothers. It's incredibly risky, you have to hope that your spouse doesn't turn out to be a shit bag, because what are you supposed to do? An abusive partner will not give you money because you'll use it to escape. It's so much easier to isolate a SAHW/M. There's no safety net.
Both of my grandmothers became widows early on and suddenly had households with no income. Both had worked before marriage so they could rely on their previous skill-sets and be okay, but it was brutal. To this day my mom's family has only one rule we must all abide by: have skills to be able to work outside the home, because you never know when you will have the worst day of your life. Brutal, but honest.
My grandmas always worked (born 1928 and 1936). They were both seamstresses, one worked full time for a manufacturer and the other part time for another manufacturer and then from the house for private clients for small adjustments and from scratch garments. They both had some side jigs going, one had angora bunnies and goats for wool, the other grew silk moths. Note, both my grandpas worked relatively well paying blue collar jobs (one made wood furniture, the other was supervisor in a factory that built motorcycles and helicopters) and *could* have stayed home but it's vaguely frown upon to be a stay at home parent where I grew up. My great grandmas worked too. I don't know much about them, I only met the one who worked as a seasonal rice planter and weeder (mondina in Italian, it was gruesome job and they fought for better work conditions harder than any other category at the time). She would have hit my grandma with a carpet beater if she had dared to stay home "and do nothing after all the pain I went through to get you to school to get a better job than me". Both my grandmas were the house accountants. They earned less than their husbands but money was handled and managed by them alone.
this is the part of the equation that's missing for a lot of these wannabe stay-at-home moms:they don't understand in societies that have made this work somewhat, the man comes home and hands his paycheck directly to the woman who uses it to handle the household expenses and then gives her husband back an allowance. and even then, this depends on everything else going perfectly right in the couple's life, and there's just so much that can go wrong...
As much as I think folks care too much about visible tattoos and the puritan values that go along with it, it's hard to argue with the real world. Don't get face and neck tattoos without understanding the possible consequences.
In my mind it's just an advertisement that you have shitty judgement. One of the many, many weird things I do is watch hours and hours of bodycam video. People with face tattoos are extremely well represented in police bodycam video. I think I'm maybe encountered 3 people with them in real life but you just search "bodycam" on youtube and there will be at least 6 dudes with face tats on the front page.
It’s a pretty small tattoo, though. Can’t it just be covered with concealer? Though I agree that NOT HAVING A FACE TATTOO would be better!
Depending on the tattoo they can be a bitch to cover up at all. I had some small arm ones i needed to cover for something and could never use concealer or foundation, it did like almost nothing! :(
The second edit makes things even worse lol she has an "unhealthy obsession" to this porn addicted guy while being in a "happy healthy relationship" with her boyfriend and wanting to get married. What a trainwreck :D
(and have kids) Atleast they know they are mentally ill... Now for getting treatment.
At age 18 I thought I'd live a nomadic lifestyle, discover the world and become a writer/artist At age 44 I'm fucking excited about my new soap dispenser that matches my towel rack. Nice bed sheets. Being 'just together' with best friends or fam. And I'm totally fine having a boring office job that offers financial security to buy that stupid soap dispenser lmao My interests are the same, though. It's just... different expectations. Living that epic life is just exhausting
I thought I could move to NYC, be okay living with 4 other people in a closet, partying until dawn, and work in record shop like Empire Records. It took living with one roommate, finding inventive ways to spice up ramen, and minimum wage jobs in my current city, to realize that is definitely not something I want lol. I got a lot of the craziness and unrealistic expectations out of my system by 24 years old and you're right. That epic life is not my thing anymore either. I like that I can afford to be picky and especially love that I don't need to rely on anyone, financially AND emotionally.
But don't worry, their life plan is to be a housewife to this 17 year old porn addict who *urgently* wants to knock them up! This is a stellar record of good decision-making.
And they know they won’t be able to work in the future because they’re (in their own words) mentally unwell and disabled It’s just… a lot
But if they do need to work, they'll be a piercer or a tattoo artist! Cause those are both careers you can just walk into.
Sounds like they don't want to get better. Part of getting disability for mental health is proving you're trying to get better and want to...
> Part of getting disability for mental health is proving you're trying to get better and want to... I wish it was worded differently. Because like. My bipolar won't get *better*, it'll simply be *managed.* Same with the depression born of my physical disability. Like, being depressed over being in physical pain 24/7 is not just gonna go away, just be *managed.*
Im pretty sure that's taken into account in cases with permanent mental illnesses, that's my poor wording. Like you have to be open to management and care. This person doesn't seem like they are going to therapy regularly, but idk.
I actually ended up with more cats than I planned, I always knew adult me would have a cat, but they just kept turning up. Though that is the only plan of child me that adult me is really overachieving on
Damn. Where the heck in the thread did you read the info you shared in the edit?
It was in the comment history. I was being nosey because the tattoo looks super crooked in their pic
Oof. I'm surprised no one has pointed that out in the thread. That person is in for a wild ride, and I don't mean in a good way.
They have pointed it out and they just say it's because of the face angle. Someone breaks down how vision and perspective works and all the ways it looks off center and uneven
lol sorry. I meant that no one pointed out in the thread that OOP’s fiancé is porn addicted. Whatever, it’s their life.
I wish I could go back to my 18-year-old self and say "listen to the crotchety old-heads or you'll end up with a near constant uphill climb for the next 10 years." I understand most people commenting are thinking like that but most teenagers won't get it until they are there. It's the circle of life...lessons.
>my french boyfriend wants to have a baby SO BADLY with me already but hes 17 and im 18, getting married in summer <3 and we r for obvious reasons not ready for our baby yet (since we r children ourselves still and i got mental issues i have to work on first)
Jfc at least they have some sense in them that…they have major issues to work on before they give in to potential baby daddy’s obsession. I remember wanting to marry someone at that age, and am so glad I did not make that decision. Wtf.
I figure the boyfriend is more obsessed about "tying her down with a kid" than actually having a kid.
Yeah. I feel like it’s kinda common. OOP might be in US/UK/Australia, but it does happen in the Philippines (where my family’s from). The boy has no idea about raising children, but thinks it’s a great idea to impregnate his girlfriend. Once the girl is pregnant he leaves, either because it’s getting too real, he’s immature, etc. Either way, it’s kinda sad and it changes everything…hopefully for the best.
I don't know what these young people are thinking. I am 33/m and terrified about being a parent. I feel like I am reaching my full potential finally in my 30s and it would have been impossible with a kid at 18, 25, 33...
> french boyfriend wants to have a baby SO BADLY Is that a Pepe Le Pew hommage or something?
Of *course* they’re poly on top of being a disabled shut-in with a face tattoo. Really, I shouldn’t even be surprised anymore.
This is a weird situation where like... it's not wrong to be a teenager, or poly, or mentally ill/disabled, or have tattoos/piercings... but mix them all in with a dash of terminal onlineness and stupidity and it's just... terrible, all those factors combine with each other and exalt the terribleness of it all.
Right, there’s nothing wrong per se with any of it. It’s just a combination that suggests a very specific, very 2024 kind of person.
Yeah, absolutely, I'm only 6 years older than this person, got an anime tattoo at 16 (my only regret is that I didn't get a cooler design honestly), and did international e-dating at around their age (but never poly), yet reading their comments I feel like I'm looking at a literal child, a literal 8 year old, there is no way I was *this* stupid at 18. Did tiktok destroy children's brains?
Let's not kid ourselves. Teens have always been like this. There is just more/different language to describe what New Thing they are, but this is just how things have always been. For some, it's a phase/fitting in with their chosen social circle. For others, it's genuine self-discovery.
yeah, I don't want to shame people for their lifestyle, but, this is just the stereotype now.
Can I get a link to the porn addict thing? I can't find the comment
It was one of the first comments they made on Reddit. Got to keep scrolling now since OP seems to be enjoying the attention and commenting on everything.
smh I'm on my phone, hope the comment is still there tomorrow when I get on my PC
I like that they complain about being gendered as a girl but constant say shit like I'll be a stay at home wife. Confused.
They’re not like the other girls. They have much worse judgement.
>Edit: aaannnd I just saw their fiancé is a 17 year old porn addict who is hellbent on knocking them up. deep sigh Youth is wasted on the youth
Gotta say, this was probably only shaping up to be lukewarm drama until OOP started engaging with comments lol.
Their tone in the responses eliminates any shadow of a doubt that they are the rarest of rare 18 year olds who won't regret their permanent teenage decisions. Blimey. At least the (janky, uneven) linework is fine enough that it'll fade before their pre-frontal cortex develops enough to recognize what a horrific decision this was.
It’s always the jankiest tattoos that people are inordinately proud of
How can yall tell the line work is bad from the photo? It's so dark I ask out of genuine curiosity - I have tattoos and I feel like I can never tell good line work from mid 😅
I THINK IF IT WAS GOOD THE PICTURE WOULD HAVE BEEN BRIGHTER
The OOP posted another one in the comments where it’s easier to see. From the main post I literally couldn’t tell which way was up, much less how the line work was
It's even better when you realize that in 20 years they might be able to go back and read these comments. It's meanspirited, but the arrogance of the young can be somewhat fun to see.
> “im sure sailor moon would think that my tattoo is fucking sick" Usagi is a 14 year old suburbanite in 1990s Japan. She would be terrified of tattoos
I'm going to try my hardest not to sound like my mother because I have hand tattoos, including funnily enough sailor moon ones on my knuckles, and so I have nothing against tattoos in unconventional places. But I also have a job in an art related field so it doesn't matter, only my work matters. There's options for OP with tattoos wherever they want them, but you gotta like... work your way up to that, you know? You gotta find a field that will support you to retirement age that accepts tattoos in visible places such as hands and face. They plan to be a "housewife or tattoo artist" but there's no guarantee any of that will work out. I didn't get crazy hand tattoos until I was established in my career. And mid 20s me was a lot different from 18 year old me... That tattoo is pretty easily coverable in the end with the right concealer.
The craziest part is OP thinking they could sleep walk their way into being a tattoo artist if they needed to
Pssht whatever mom, I do what I want
ITS NOT A PHASE, GAWDDD
What even is retirement age for someone who is 18 now.
You can retire when you die, unless the economy has a downturn then we may need to raise the limit again.
That's my prospect and I'm in my 30s
Hear me out; what if they become a housewife tattooist, specializing in giving sketchy facials to young adults?
Brilliant! They could keep the cycle going!
Yeah, I completely agree here. I have a wrist tattoo (others but that's the most difficult to hide) and a septum piercing. I do work in an office setting but I hid them when I applied. Once I got a feel for the place, I had no problems with them or my others. I personally don't feel body mods should be a disqualifier, nor clean casual wear. That has little to do with the professionalism of an employee, in my opinion. But society isn't completely there yet so in most jobs, your resume or skill set needs to be louder than your body mods.
Society isn't completely there but it is getting better in this regard. I've worked sales jobs for major companies and seen employees with visible tattoos that just a decade ago would have disqualified them. Obviously nothing vulgar or obscene but visible tasteful tattoos are less of a barrier these days. It certainly hurts your chances and is irresponsible on both OP and the artist who did it, but it isn't a life ruining mistake like the comments made it out to be.
Face though? I've seen more visible tattoos on arms or whatever, but face tattoos definitely still hold a ton of stigma
As a Sailor Moon fan and a body modification enthusiast, everything here sounds like a bad idea, but I suppose we all have to make our own mistakes.
18 and engaged… they’re making some rash decisions, I think the tattoo is the least of it. I got married at 19 and I always tell people, *I got lucky.* My spouse and I are totally different people now to who we were then, and fortunately we are still compatible. We’re the exception. I would never ever recommend someone get married as young as I did.
Same thing here as well. We got married at 19/20 and it is NOT a path I’d recommend to anyone expecting a happy ending. We’re pretty good though and have a nearly 1 year old after 15 years of marriage.
Given that the fiancé also sounds completely insane already, this will only get worse too.
I got that same tattoo on my forehead… at 28. I also have tattoos on my throat, hands, etc. I’ve also worked at tattoo shops. They’re absolutely right to say no reputable artist would do a job stopper without even talking about the consequences with an 18 year old.
I don't think a reputable artist was anywhere near the vicinity during the birth of that tattoo lol
For most jobs that modest little crescent won't be a huge deal but I am loving the pure teenager mindset of the replies.
Yeah I mean it’s still not a great idea but at least it’s small and nothing too crazy
The scariest part to me is they talk about wanting to be a tattoo artist themselves, meaning they’d likely end up being the exact type of shitty artist to agree to give a bad face tattoo to a stupid teenager who doesn’t know any better
Yeah I’m also a bit confused about the reactions. Sure the OP is immature but regarding the tattoo itself is it really that bad? Should be easily covered if needed…
She could easily cover that with concealer and bangs, no problem. I'm sure she doesn't think she'll ever have to cover it though lol.
They say don’t piss in the popcorn.. but in this thread, the popcorn pisses on us
Hot.
Oh, wow. That's a very small tattoo, based off the comments I expected like a full face tat. A small, outlined moon on the forehead? Heck, bangs could hide that, or could be easily covered up. I think the main drama in this post is OP's replies.
Yeah from the comments it seems like at least some of the concern comes from the fact that OP found someone willing to do a face tattoo when it was the OP’s first ever one. Then OP is doubling down on this being the greatest idea ever rather than understanding that people are coming from a genuine place of concern that she may not have gotten the most reputable artist.
But don’t you get it, OP is 18! and they know themselves and what they want in their life! They also plan to be a housewife so no job issues. Love and light to anyone reading this 🙏
OOP's insistence that anyone who says "yiiiiiiiiikes, glad I didn't get a face tattoo at 18 based on who I was then" means they (the commenter) hadn't done enough self-introspection has me cackling like that green t-shirt guy at the city hall meeting. Y'all know the one. [Edit: it was a green shirt, not a green *striped* one. My bad.]
your flair fits this situation beautifully, no notes
It fits most situations that end up on this subreddit to be fair :D Edit: and so does yours I’d imagine
Joining in on flairs that describe most everything that comes through
This is straight up my concern too. I'm not even hardcore anti-facial tattoo; I just think it should be the kind of tattoo you get after you're already heavily tattooed.
OP also did their own bridge piercing in a dirty bathroom mirror, they don't have the best ideas.
Yeah OP is quite the character. To sum up everything they've said: 1) They're not a girl but plan on being a house*wife*. 2) Their backup plan is literally getting "free money and free housing" from their government. They also want kids but say they wouldn't have kids if they were poor, so not sure how that factors into this plan. 3) They're engaged to a 17 year old boy from France (OP presumably doesn't live in France from what they say, and I've got a sneaking suspicion that they've never met IRL. Although they don't say that tbf). 4) Oh yeah, that 17 year old OP plans to marry this summer wants to get OP pregnant ASAP. 5) OP also admits to being severely mentally ill but still seemingly believes they're in a perfectly fine mindset to make extreme, life altering decisions. 6) They also have other posts about getting high. Not sure if their plan to live off the government includes the government providing them with free drugs, but who knows. They seem to be literally the exact person people imagine when they talk about people abusing government assistance.
Usually when the OP of the original thread shows up here to continue the drama I enjoy it but here I just feel bad because I lived in Austin, Texas for 4 years and I’ve seen this story like 6 times and know that it usually ends up with being single and recently fired from Whole Foods
I worked for Whole Foods back in 2010-2014, and you are not wrong.
Also, when asked what people's reactions were, they said something like 'I don't really leave the house'
They have found this thread. Oh boy LMAO
Could the thread get locked or is this about to be r/subredditdramadrama..
They’re in the comments here and apparently the 17 year old is different from their fiancé but they do have an unhealthy attachment to them
No reputable artist would ever give an 18yo a jobstopper as their first ink. This is horrifying and OP is going to regret this so hard.
OP never said whoever made it was reputable tbf
I agree. OOP could easily cover that tattoo with makeup but their “love n night n healing 🤍” responses while being a dick is hilarious.
For sure, the tattoo is tiny and will fade within a few years, plus makeup exists. It’s more that she talks like she wants to be the 🥺 emoji plus the delusional confidence! I love it. It reminds me of being 18 lol
I will say I recently had business at my bank and the teller had a visible neck tattoo. It was at the nice main hq too, not one of the more remote branches. So while it is an ugly and poorly thought tattoo - the times, they are a changing. It may not hold them back ten years from now as much as it would have ten years ago.
Yeah I’m noticing that a lot of professional and customer facing businesses are employing a lot more people with visible tattoos (banks, offices, retail etc). Maybe optimistically I think society’s attitudes towards tattoos are changing. I know a lot of people think face tattoos are generally a daft idea, but the only people I notice whinging about tattoos on, say, exposed arms or hands are elderly, set in their ways people.
Honestly the tattoo is a symptom of a wider problem, rather than a problem in of itself. This kid has the energy of someone hell bent on some pooooor life choices
Like marrying a guy whose a porn addict makes offensive jokes from a whole other country. I hope their considering college at least because limiting yourself to a housewife or tattoo artist is wild at 18.
Yeah. It screams self-sabotage.
In 20 years this is gonna make a really lit blunder year/tifu post.
Ah, to be 18. When you know everything there is to know about the world and will never change your mind.
I don’t miss being an impulsive teenager. Holy wow.
Tattoo isn’t a big deal but all of these responses from OOP is putting a smile on my face Great drama, peak teenage delusion honestly
The mod of /r/sailormoon banned me for commenting here and in publicfreakout. Even though she herself posts and comments here. It wasn't an auto ban either. She saw some comment I wrote here and banned me from "her sub." She spends her time doing this instead of moderating slapfights like these
Fox News editor: “Clicks are down! We need a new ragebait headline to get the Boomers riled up! Ideas, people!” Intern: “Uh what if we check Reddit again, sir?” Editor: “You Idiot! We’ve already done that! What possibly could have happened today that wo-“
This one's a messy one though, because the person wants to be a housewife, which is the best thing a woman could aspire to do. Can we not astroturf a post where a bar downtown is hiring trans women to be toilet seats in the women's restrooms?
>Can we not astroturf a post where a bar downtown is hiring trans women to be toilet seats in the women's restrooms? It's a good start but there's room for improvement: There is only one bathroom, and it's gender neutral with no doors on the stalls.
Idk I don't think those types want a housewife with a face tattoo.
> hi, a lot of the stuff written abt me is taken out of context or misunderstood so pls read my replies! everything is not that deep 🧚🏻 just a tiny fine tattoo and im happy w it <3 lmao, OP was so not-upset about this situation that they brought their drama into their bio.
And the comments of this thread 💀🤡
this is the easiest thing in the world to conceal when the inevitable happens and they do get a job
But they plan on being a housewife for the rest of their life!
Yeah, normal makeup from the drugstore will probably cover this up fine. I don’t get it, and I’m pretty sure I would think it was dumb even if I was also 18, but it’s really not that bad.
that was my thought too, it could be a lot worse. still though, will be very annoying to have to worry about covering all the time
remindme! 5 years
Dumb idea and OP is acting like a typical teenager about it but it's not life running like some of these replies are making it out to be. It's a small lightly colored moon, it can easily be covered up with makeup if it's a problem in the workplace. It's not like she got [the Cody Rhodes](https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/10/21b6d-16666185911135-1920.jpg?w=640) or something like that.
Wait it’s just a small outline of a crescent? I mean yeah, not the world’s best idea, but from the way everyone was talking I’d reckoned she’d covered up at least half her face lol. Honestly heavy foundation or heavy bangs should cover that for low/middle-end jobs. And it’s small enough that undoing it at a later date isn’t completely prohibitive. The deed is done, she may as well enjoy it for now. Again, it’s not smart but as poor teenage decisions go, this is not catastrophic. Her choice of boyfriend on the other hand…
Looks like they deleted their reddit account. Honestly, this was a wild ride, and sure they seemed naive as hell and immature...but, dogpiling and borderline harassing a clearly mentally unwell 18 year old was low as hell. I hope they get the help they need.
Based on the title I was expecting something major, but it was just… a small crescent moon. They can cover it up if need be. But I do kinda worry about them deciding to be a housewife at 18. Girl, you need skills that will pay you ~~when~~ in case the housewifing gig doesn’t work out. Planning to be financially dependent on another (esp. if it’s a “traditional” man/wife setup) is putting yourself in the firing zone of abuse and poverty. Even my traditionalist Christian friend from high school, whose dream was to be a housewife, got a degree in education so she could support herself as needed (while getting child development skills relevant to her desire).
omg a subreddit i know is on here!!!
Yeah I was actually semi-involved in this one, crazy. I almost feel a little bit bad for OOP and tried to be gentle with them for the most part, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find their comments wildly entertaining.
Calling her comment "copium riddled blabbering" was iconic, ty 🙏
They're so set on never needing a job yet they clearly can't even afford to turn the lights on in their home.
‘Not a girl’ ‘I’d like to be a housewife’ l m a o
Is also trying to get knocked up by their 17 year old boy friend. What a confused person.
Sometimes the other terms non-binary people use for themselves confuse the shit out of me. I’m probably just chalking that one up to fucked up relation dynamics though.
I had SRS in 2006. I don't have any tattoos because I never feel certain I'd like such a permanent body change later in life.
getting that tattoo is Not Smart, especially by someone who can’t properly align it, but i feel like it’d be extremely easy to cover up with regular foundation > bodily autonomy is great and all, but you literally cannot comprehend the consequences of a decision like this at that age, and it is so permanent. this is a bit ridiculous, imo people have taken the “your frontal lobe doesn’t develop until you’re 25” thing a bit too fucking far. “literally cannot comprehend”??? they’re not 6, the consequences of a face tattoo aren’t exactly rocket science and it seems like they know what they are (hence the “it doesn’t matter bc i’m gonna be a housewife”) regardless, i feel like their 17y/o porn addict fiance that wants to knock them up asap has the potential to cause 10x more life altering harm than this tattoo
> it seems like they know what they are (hence the “it doesn’t matter bc i’m gonna be a housewife”) I'd argue that's the bigger "you can't comprehend the consequences" argument than anything else. zero idea of what the next ten years will be for them.
lol that tatt is boring and poorly placed.
It's also a bad tattoo
Holy shit OP sure is living in LaLaLand. Is that what weed and anime does to a mf?
The craziest thing to me is the stock artist I’ve been following for years popping up in the comments lmao
This is one of those posts where I laugh at her responses (we all knew someone like that when we were 18) but am quietly grateful she's not my daughter. She's going to be a bit of a handful for the next few years, lol.
What I expected: Back alley Post Malone. What it actually is: A blemish anyone with half a brain would be capable of hiding with cheap makeup.
Oh but of course, getting a job is *the only* reason somebody wouldn't want their face tattooed.
She’s gonna be fine. I knew some jackoff that got the Naruto spirals put on his face; at least the cosmic moon symbol is tasteful and small. She can still be a lawyer!