Her boyfriend of eight years was down on one knee. He had just asked her to marry him. She looked into his eyes and then her gaze fell to her hand being held lovingly in his. That was the moment when her mind was made up. Absolutely not.
It took ages to decide on what specific tattoo to get and where. The pain she endured as a sketchy man drew on her fingers with a filthy needle has to be worth it. It’s the reason every glove she owns is now fingerless and every old regular pair of gloves she owned met with a pair of scissors.
One does not get knuckle tattoos and then hide them away. From the moment it heals, every photo one poses for has to have their knuckles bared for display. Otherwise, what was the point?
This woman had seen friends and family tie the knot. They then followed it up with a life of wearing a ring around their finger. She could not allow her “Baby Girl” tattoo to become “Baby Gil”. How could she ever make that work? What does that even mean? Is she a newborn fish? It’s unorthodox but maybe she can switch the ring to a different finger. The question that arises is which letter is least consequential to the integrity of the term “Baby Girl”? The frontrunners are currently “Bay Girl” and “Baby Gir”. Until that choice is made, however, it’s a no to marriage.
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