Accidentally said something offensive to someone i am becoming good friends with...how bad is this?

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I have been getting on really well with a new friend...don't want to say where we met as it would be outing!

anyway today we are chatting away at her house, her husband is there with her little boy. me and her are talking about my online dating and she's looking at the tinder profiles saying she will swipe on my behalf... all very jokey.

her husband is chatting away to her son in the other room and she says what about him? (the profile guy has a tattoo). i said does her husband have a tattoo...she says no.. i then say ok god i HATE tattoos. she laughs and carries on looking at the profiles.

i just got in my car and remembered that she has a bloody tattoo! i feel terrible and im really worried i may have ruined the friendship. shes generally a very relaxed, open minded person, she is always up for a laugh...but i would never want to actually offend her. i also feel like theres no way back from this either. am i being over the top or is this as bad as i imagine?

I wouldn't apologise cos I've no idea how you can backpedal from "I hate tattoos" to make it better. It would just make it a much bigger deal to bring it up again and try to explain it away, when basically it was just an offhand comment. If she brings it up, then apologise for being a berk. Embarrassment is good, it lets us know when we've been a div. But don't let it cripple you.

What I mean is I wouldn't have a special conversation to apologise, but if there was a natural opportunity or she brought it up, then certainly apologise.

I bet she has already forgotten about it. Non issue.