Tattooing your wedding bands

jdluvr06

Do you know anyone who has done this? My friend's fiancé is trying to talk her into it. He can't wear a ring at work because he uses his hands a lot.

climbingsingle

I don't know anyone personally. I'm not a fan. And I have tattoos. 

cruffino

I don't know anyone who's done it, but I'd be open to it. For context, I already have 10 tattoos.

JCbride2015

Your friend's Fi is sweet to want that, but I don't think there's any reason to talk HER into getting the tattoo if she doesn't want it.  Also, I know plenty of guys who have to take their rings off for work, and they are just as married with the ring off and with it on.

smalfrie19

This is something I would consider doing for a big milestone anniversary

southernbelle0915

It sounds like he wants to do it. It doesn't mean they both have to. If she's in a profession where she doesn't have to remove her ring and/or doesn't want the tattoo, she doesn't have to get it.

DH and I thought about doing this. For reference, neither of us have tattoos. We wouldn't get the tattoo all the way around, we talked about getting an infinity symbol on the inside of our ring fingers. We both wanted to but did it with a marker to see what it'd look like and it just looked like we had black crap smudged on our finger so we canned the idea. 

AddieCake

A former boss of mine and her husband did it, and they divorced a few years later. 

jdluvr06

I'm not sure I like how it looks... But I'm not the one who would have to live with it. Lol. I do have seven tattoos myself but I try to avoid getting anything on my hands. I don't think she is going to cave on getting it done but she is really touched he wants to have it done. Her fiancé is a sweetie.

JCbride2015

southernbelle0915 said:

It sounds like he wants to do it. It doesn't mean they both have to. If she's in a profession where she doesn't have to remove her ring and/or doesn't want the tattoo, she doesn't have to get it.

DH and I thought about doing this. For reference, neither of us have tattoos. We wouldn't get the tattoo all the way around, we talked about getting an infinity symbol on the inside of our ring fingers. We both wanted to but did it with a marker to see what it'd look like and it just looked like we had black crap smudged on our finger so we canned the idea. 

Something on the inside of the finger is a cute idea.  I will be entering the legal profession so I'm not sure that ANY hand tattoo would be acceptable, but for other professions this would work because it's not as noticeable as going all the way around.

I am still in the camp that if OP's friend's Fi wants to do it, he can go ahead, but tattoos are personal and there's no need to talk his future wife into getting one, too.

For reference, I have no tattoos, but several members of my family have a bunch and I think they can be gorgeous when done right.  Just NMS.

mizangi

I know two people who have done it....they are both now divorced.

hellohkb

I would do it, personally. I tend to lose things a lot, and you never have to worry about losing a tattoo. My FH didn't like the idea and wanted to get me a ring instead.

He could always tattoo his finger and while she wears a normal ring.

emmyg65

I wouldn't do it because hands are tricky to tattoo well, and the tattoos tend to blur and fade really quickly. It's also all but impossible to hide if you're in a situation where tattoos aren't acceptable.

southernbelle0915

JCBride2014 said:

southernbelle0915 said:

It sounds like he wants to do it. It doesn't mean they both have to. If she's in a profession where she doesn't have to remove her ring and/or doesn't want the tattoo, she doesn't have to get it.

DH and I thought about doing this. For reference, neither of us have tattoos. We wouldn't get the tattoo all the way around, we talked about getting an infinity symbol on the inside of our ring fingers. We both wanted to but did it with a marker to see what it'd look like and it just looked like we had black crap smudged on our finger so we canned the idea. 

Something on the inside of the finger is a cute idea.  I will be entering the legal profession so I'm not sure that ANY hand tattoo would be acceptable, but for other professions this would work because it's not as noticeable as going all the way around.

I am still in the camp that if OP's friend's Fi wants to do it, he can go ahead, but tattoos are personal and there's no need to talk his future wife into getting one, too.

For reference, I have no tattoos, but several members of my family have a bunch and I think they can be gorgeous when done right.  Just NMS.

Yes - it was going to be really tiny so it'd be hidden or mostly hidden by our rings when we had them on. I'm also in a career/company where I can't have visible tattoos. 

Swazzle

I don't know anybody who has done this. I'm not a fan of it and I have several tattoos. To me, it's like getting a name tattooed on you which is something else I would never do.

H can't wear his ring at work so he just takes it off, NBD.

afox007

A coworker of mine has one and the pics she has from when she first got married look great...now it is a blurry blob of ink where there used to be a swirled heart. Plus when she wears her actual ring it looks even worse since the band doesn't fully cover the tat. 

hlvonb

My cousin did it and regrets it

jlazgrl

I'm not a fan. I guess I'm a little superstitious (stupid, I know), but I see getting a tattoo for your SO as a bad omen.

ShesSoCold

My first name is kind of long and my FI is getting it tattooed around his finger. Since hand tattoos fade quicker, he said he'd get it touched up a few times and then when it's a blob, he'll just color it in to be a band. 

This was our compromise since I don't like his last name and it was really important to him that I take it. So now he has to have my name too. 

ETA: He's in the trades where tattoos are okay. He wouldn't do it if he was in an industry where he needed to completely hide all tattoos. 

KytchynWitche

I don't know anyone who's gotten a ring tattoo, but I knew a couple who had each other's names tattooed on their ring fingers when they married. I haven't seen them in a while, but they were still together after a decade or so last I'd heard.

I think it's sweet if he wants to do it, but he needs to realise that she doesn't have to do it. They don't have to be a matching set.

FI and I spoke about it long before we got engaged, but his doctor recommended that he not get any tattoos or piercings because of the risk of infection. He's on anti-rejection drugs, post-transplant. I may still do it, but I'll probably wait until we've been together 10 years or so.

lovesclimbing

H talked about doing it when we first got engaged.  He's a mechanic and thinks rings can be kind of dangerous.  My dad is a machinist and he's never had a problem with his ring and he never takes it off to work, which I told H. 

 Anyway, H hasn't talked about it in a while.  He does frequently take his ring off while he works though.  His is way too big and we really need to go in and get it re-sized, which would make it easier to wear while working.  Right now, if his hands are a little chilly, it can slip off if he just shakes his hands, like flinging water off or something!

melbelleup

I know someone that has them done. We'll be getting ours done prob for our 5th or 10th yr anniversary.

ktjanesmom

I keep thinking of one of the "real housewives" who did that.  When she got divorced she had a plastic surgeon cut it out and stitch up her finger.  OUCH!  I guess it was her husbands name that she had not a ring per say.