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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/daydaze024 on 2025-11-04 10:21:52+00:00.
I (22F) have been with my boyfriend (24M) for almost two years now. We’re that couple who met when he was selling me za and somehow never ran out of things to talk about so we just started dating. He’s a very loving guy, very hilarious, and (until yesterday) thoughtful in the way that matters (like he quit dealing drugs and we both went sober together. We’ve talked about tattoos before. I have a tiny outline of a semicolon on my wrist where my self harm scars are but he has zero ink and always said he’d only get something that's about me. This sunday we hanged out with his friends at his place and they're all cool and as he was taking me home he looked very excited to tell me something and started dropping hints about a special surprise. Nothing huge, just “something permanent to show you’re my person” I laughed it off because, hello, we’re 22 and 24, permanent feels like a big word to me. Then he went on and on about how me giving him my virginity made him very sure that I can never forget him so he wants to show me how serious he is about me. Before he dropped me off he took out his phone and opened a chat with a tattoo artist where he sent the artist different pictures of tattoo inspos of MY INITIAL. I was so shocked but acted excited and went like "none of those look good tho I'll send you my own choice from pinterest ok?" and he got even more excited and I went inside my house and just stared at the wall for an hour because I'm just not sure about this guy I swear.
Anyway, today he grabs my hand and goes, "I booked it. Tomorrow. Your initial, right here.” He taps the inside of his forearm like it’s already done. My stomach drops. Look, I’m not anti-tattoo. I’m anti-MY-initial-on-someone-else’s-body-when-we-haven’t-even-talked-about-moving-in-together. I tried to play it cool. So I was like maybe we should wait for that. He was so shocked. His smile disappeared and he asked me later on "Baby are you not sure about me?" and I said "I am. This is just too much for now" and it led to a mini argument but he's just distant now.
TL;DR: I told my bf to not get my initial tattoo after pretending to want it for two days and now he's sad and Idk what to do