AIBU to tell Facebook friend that his planned tattoo has a dirty double meaning?

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A facebook friend posted a picture of a tattoo he's planning to get. It's the words self love across his knuckles. I'm sure he means it as an affirmation but it reminds me of masturbation, especially with that placement. I just coyly commented asking him if he'd considered the double meaning. Everyone else has left positive comments so I wondered if I was being weird or negative but if I was going to put a permanent mark on my body that had an iffy double meaning I would want to know. AIBU?

He's joking surely?!

YANBU! You must tell him. Not everyone may know it's a term for wanking. He might just as well have "Frigger" on his hand!

Nope it's drawn up and everything.

Self love on his knuckles! What a gobshite.

Wow. Just wow.

Your right, he sounds like a wanker

Maybe he likes the comedian Will Self...

It sounds as though he has not thought it0 through, will his employers be okay with him getting his knuckles done? I have several tattoos but I'd never get anything done on my knuckles.

He is self employed so at least he doesn't have to worry about his employer, just everybody else's reactions...

Let him do what he wants. Anyone who tattoos their knuckles is a wanker anyway.

In that case he can do what he wants, as long as you try to point out the masturbation meaning there's nothing else you can do.

Sounds like an awful tattoo. I would send him this link www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=self-love

i would definitely tell him

I agree it's his body. I wouldn't try to stop him getting it I would just feel awful if he got it without being aware of the meaning. I've never been able to take the phrase self love seriously, I would never say "I practice self love" for example, I couldn't keep a straight face so, particularly with the placement on the knuckles, it's the first place my mind went.

Dear lord please tell me that Knuckle tattoos are not the latest fashion statement! Hideous!

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Yes, I'd tell him! If he already knows then your comment won't be a surprise and if he doesn't know then he'd be a nob not to change his mad

anyone who tattoos their knuckles look ridiculous anyway so it may as well mean wanker

Is it his right hand?

Pamela Stephenson calls it 'lovemaking FOR ONE'

Suggest he uses that and incorporates his toes as well

It's hard to imagine a grown man doesn't get the double meaning.

Ask him to listen to this, especially the chorus

Oh Mrs Palm
and your 5 lovely daughters
Thank you for having me
and being oh so kind
I've got pains in my arms
and my donkeys growing shorter
My knees have turnt to water
And I think im going blind

Presumably it is 'self' on the left hand and 'love' on the right?

It's a two handed job obv!

pluCaChange it'll be both hands...

Not that your comment makes sense, he might be left handed.

haha hope he is not in the catering business.

Maybe he already knows and intends it to have that double meaning because he thinks it's funny.

I really doubt he doesn't know what self love means. I bet you anything that he knows.