Dating Tales

My friend Alex won a radio contest for “worst tattoo” and received free tattoo removals from Denver company, Ink-B-Gone. The tale of this tattoo is one of a crush, love, and, of course, a really bad tattoo.

You’ve probably noticed in the picture that it looks like flames are coming out of her ass. You’ve probably also noticed the Chinese symbol in the center of the tattoo that she “thinks” means courage. You’ve probably also noticed that Alex is a small woman and this enormous tattoo has taken over her back and rear end.

The only reason the tattoo is so big is because of the influence of a cute tattoo artist who also proved himself to be a good salesman. He introduced Alex to the design, and she, with twitterpation, eagerly agreed to the concept.

Now, 10 years later she’s wishing she hadn’t. Alex has spent more time in the last 10 years shopping for clothes that will cover the tat and explaining to boyfriends the logic of her 18-year-old mind than she has actually enjoying it.

So when she heard about the contest on Denver’s radio station Alice 106, she leaped at an opportunity to enter. She even cc’d her boyfriend on the e-mail she sent to the morning crew certain he’d be happy about the prospect of her flame-free ass.

But to her surprise, he wasn’t that happy. He tried to convince her that she should just be proud of it and that the removal itself would be too painful. Alex was a little deflated that he wasn’t as psyched about the idea as she was. In a way she felt like she was doing it for him.

And when Alex actually won the contest, his tune didn’t change. He urged her to just leave it alone saying he loved her no matter what her butt looked like. But despite his urges, she agreed to the tattoo removals. As painful as the sessions have proven to be, she decided she loved her body too much to leave it there.