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"Many brave readers have shared their dilemmas, including &amp;quot;Can I date someone who hates reading?&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;My boyfriend doesn&amp;#x27;t really kiss me anymore.&amp;quot; Well, today, a reader tells us that her boyfriend is planning to get a crazy tattoo...Guess what the tattoo is?Here&amp;#x27;s our reader&amp;#x27;s story... My boyfriend is absolutely convinced that he wants to get a tattoo. I&amp;#x27;m not one for tattoos anyway, but his choice is especially awful! He is a complete music guru, so he wants to get DJ headphones on his upper back...with a cord wrapping around his torso down to his crotch! I think I&amp;#x27;ve convinced him to change the part about the cord, maybe plugging into a record player on his lower back or whatnot, I don&amp;#x27;t know... You see, he is very stubborn. I admit, it could be worse [his mother&amp;#x27;s name in a heart?] but I am still not happy about it. Not to mention that he doesn&amp;#x27;t take pain very well, and I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be able to touch him for weeks! I&amp;#x27;m convinced that he&amp;#x27;ll regret his decision ten years from now, but it is his body after all, and he refuses to reconsider. He has already set a date with his buddies to go to the tattoo parlor a month from now. What to do? Here&amp;#x27;s my answer... Hmmm. This is a bit of a stumper! Sadly, I don&amp;#x27;t think there is much you can do. You&amp;#x27;re right, it is his body, so it&amp;#x27;s his decision. You&amp;#x27;ve told him how you feel; I think that&amp;#x27;s all you can do. Luckily, the tattoo will be hidden when he&amp;#x27;s wearing regular clothes, so it won&amp;#x27;t affect job interviews or his relationships with his bosses (or your parents!). And, down the road, if he really regrets it, he can always get the tattoo removed. And, honestly, tattoos kind of become unnoticeable after a while. You know how you can have a poster hanging in your bedroom, and after a few months, you don&amp;#x27;t really &amp;quot;see&amp;quot; it anymore? One of my old boyfriends had TONS of tattoos--drawings on his head (under his hair!), a house on his stomach, a lady on his right arm, a creature on his forearm, and even the face of a French singer on his back! The list went on and on...At first, I was surprised to discover them all, but after a while, I didn&amp;#x27;t notice them anymore. Truly. They kind of &amp;quot;faded&amp;quot; away. Good luck, my sweet! Sadly, I don&amp;#x27;t really see a way you can really stop him. Dear readers, do you? Do you guys love or hate tattoos? I&amp;#x27;d love to hear your thoughts! P.S. Lots of tattoo talk: * Are tattoos a dating do or don&amp;#x27;t? * A surprisingly adorable mustache tattoo. * Tattoo T-shirts. * We love Kate Moss&amp;#x27;s tramp stamp. * True dating confession: &amp;quot;My boyfriend just got a tattoo of my name!&amp;quot; * Our Single-ish blogger Ryan got one. What do you think? Photo: istock.com"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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