Pls be gentle, this my first AIBU (nc from my usual id). So my dog just died today. I sadly don’t have kids and my pets are very much my family. He was only 3 and it was very sudden and unexpected, he hadn’t been ill. This is a major loss for me. I cope with stress by doing things.
I want to get a tattoo, of paw prints and a few other little symbols that link to him, on the inside of my forearm near my elbow, so it would be covered by three-quarter or full-length sleeves.
MN vipers - AIBU to go out and get a tattoo tomorrow, when I’m freshly bereaved and in shock?
Relevant info:
- I already have 3 tattoos, although all more easily coverable than forearm.
- I know a good shop/artist, this is not a complicated design, so I feel comfortable trying for a walk-in tomorrow (I know some ppl will say no good shops do walk-ins).
- This placement is acceptable at my work and quite commonplace in my circles really. Would be under uniform most of the year apart from the three weeks of summer when it’s warm enough for short sleeves. No plans to change jobs, pretty much ever.
- I’m 37, so not a totally naive and reckless youth.... I do have a spur-of-the-moment breakup tattoo from 15 years ago that I still love.
- I know paw prints are generic and cliché, don’t care
AIBU to go get inked tomorrow?