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“Wedding Is On Hold”: Couple Have A Spat Over Guy’s Female Bestie’s Attempts To Break Them Up
Every milestone in our lives, every relationship, and every decision leaves a mark on us. Whether it’s emotional or physical, these marks can have a long-lasting impact on how we live, what we do, and how we interact with new people around us.
Well, the user u/tattooproblem, the narrator of the story we’re about to tell you today, split from her ex-husband on good terms several years ago, but the tattoo he, a talented artist, once designed for her nearly ruined her relationship many years later. But let’s take things one step at a time and go on reading.
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Sometimes the former relationships we have remain not only with marks on our souls, but with ink on our skin, too
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The author of the post has been dating her boyfriend for two years, and they are going to get married soon
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The woman got divorced from her high school crush many years ago, and they stayed friends with that man
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The author’s ex is a great artist, and he drew the flower that the woman has tattooed on her bicep
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Recently, the author’s boyfriend told her that he feels uneasy over this tattoo and asked her to cover it with something else
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The woman doesn’t have any romantic feelings for her ex, but she likes this tattoo, so she just said no
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Well, it turned out that the man’s female bestie had the hots for him, and she planted this idea in his head to ruin his relationships
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The man ended up cutting his former bestie off, and despite the wedding being still on hold, the author believes it will work out well for the two of them
The Original poster (OP) is 29 years old now. She’s been dating her boyfriend, “Gabe” for two years, and before that, she was married to “Micah,” her high school crush, for several years. The ex-spouses divorced but remained friends, and Micah, a truly talented artist, drew a flower that the author later had tattooed on her bicep.
Gabe never particularly cared about this tattoo, even though the original poster told him about its origin right away. Then, one day recently, the man began literally begging the author to cover it with something else. He said he felt uneasy looking at the tattoo, which constantly reminded him of the OP’s ex.
Our heroine, according to her, doesn’t have any sentimental feelings for Micah, but, in turn, refused to change the tattoo. One thing led to another, and after a serious conversation, the guy even went to his friend’s house for a few days, and then returned and revealed the reason for his sudden outburst of jealousy.
As it turned out, “Briana,” the man’s bestie since high school, had the hots for him and tried to drive a wedge between them. It was actually Briana who convinced Gabe that the tattoo meant more to his fiancée than just a nice design. She told him that by refusing to cover it up, she was actually showing that she still loved her ex.
Well, in this story, everything ended relatively well. Gabe and the OP reconciled, and although the wedding is still on hold, the author is pretty much confident that everything will be okay. The man cut his former bestie off, and in this, which is also quite rare, his mother fully supported him. Let’s hope that good things are yet to come for this couple.
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Memorial tattoos are quite common in the modern world, but relationships may last much shorter than the ink remains on our skin. And when we move on to new relationships, this can become a problem. Like this widow, for example, who got tattoos with the names of her husband and son after a car accident took their lives.
“If you don’t think most women will get over it or used to it, ask yourself what it would be like to see the name of her ex-boyfriend or ex-husband every time you looked at her or got into bed with her,” Abel Keogh, a relationship coach, writes in this dedicated article on his website. Well, everything wasn’t so tragic for the OP, but the man’s bestie’s manipulations almost ruined his relationship.
According to the author of this post at Betches, there are three main signs that someone’s BF’s female bestie is trying to ruin his relationships: she pretends the man’s girlfriend doesn’t exist, she touches him a lot, and she sends him emotionally drunk texts. Well, Briana’s scheming here was way more sophisticated – but she failed in the end.
At first, people in the comments, unaware of the details of how bestie had planted these doubts in Gabe’s mind, partially agreed with him, accusing the OP of not wanting to meet the fiancé halfway. Once everything became clear, the responders fully supported the author and wholeheartedly wished for things to work out between her and her fiancé. Let’s wish for the same, shall we, our dear readers?
Most commenters, after learning all the details of this story, sided with the author and wished the couple nothing but the best
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R Dennis 1 week ago
I had people ask me if it bothered me that my wife had three kids from her first marriage and she still used to talk to him about the kids. I just said "No. We're together, so I won." (I know that's a weird way to say it, but in the context of the conversations, it makes sense.)
Janelle Collard 6 days ago
Absolutely, you won! You could also say, "I thank that man every day for throwing away such a treasure."
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Scott Rackley 6 days ago
I mean, I could see it if she had "MICAH" tatooed across the top of her a*s, but this is a fargin flower
FreeTheUnicorn 1 week ago
If you have a problem with your partner having a past, you don't really love them.
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
I’m sorry but I ain’t covering any of my 17 tats for ANYONE ,mine all tell a story ,at the time in my life I had them , the last 5 I had dine two yrs ago at 58 ,is cos I was finally atpeace with myself, n my world after decades of shite , finally the real me x anyone tried to make me cover them can get the f outta here as eddy Murphy would say , , glad they got it all sorted , n gotta love a mil to be like Marilyn 😂😂😂
Apatheist 6 days ago
I have a suspicion that tattoos would be the least of your problems... ;)
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Emilu 6 days ago
I'm glad this story had a happy ending. It seems silly to judge people based on what they ink on their skin (then again, given the things for which we judge others nowadays I suppose tattoos are the least of our problems). To me tattoos show a person's history physically, and are just as important contextually as if I said "I like XYZ because *reasons*", etc. Most of the people I've dated have 'come' with tattoos and it's never occurred to me to be jealous of them having a life before me.
Janelle Collard 1 week ago
I would have told him to get a Jacob's Ladder piercing *or* a Prince Albert piercing and then I'd get my tat modified. 😁 He knew about her tat from the begnning + had no problem with it. Of course his female BFF got into is head about this.
Emilu 6 days ago
Nuuu! If you've seen Final Destination: Bloodlines, you'll know why I protest against the Prince Albert, lol.
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Binky Melnik 1 week ago
Whoever held the gun to your head to force you to read it.
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Ellinor she/they/elle 1 week ago
How did you get "tattoos are a bad idea" from that post ?
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R Dennis 1 week ago
I had people ask me if it bothered me that my wife had three kids from her first marriage and she still used to talk to him about the kids. I just said "No. We're together, so I won." (I know that's a weird way to say it, but in the context of the conversations, it makes sense.)
Janelle Collard 6 days ago
Absolutely, you won! You could also say, "I thank that man every day for throwing away such a treasure."
Load More Replies... Scott Rackley 6 days ago
I mean, I could see it if she had "MICAH" tatooed across the top of her a*s, but this is a fargin flower
FreeTheUnicorn 1 week ago
If you have a problem with your partner having a past, you don't really love them.
Crystalwitch60 1 week ago
I’m sorry but I ain’t covering any of my 17 tats for ANYONE ,mine all tell a story ,at the time in my life I had them , the last 5 I had dine two yrs ago at 58 ,is cos I was finally atpeace with myself, n my world after decades of shite , finally the real me x anyone tried to make me cover them can get the f outta here as eddy Murphy would say , , glad they got it all sorted , n gotta love a mil to be like Marilyn 😂😂😂
Apatheist 6 days ago
I have a suspicion that tattoos would be the least of your problems... ;)
Load More Replies... Emilu 6 days ago
I'm glad this story had a happy ending. It seems silly to judge people based on what they ink on their skin (then again, given the things for which we judge others nowadays I suppose tattoos are the least of our problems). To me tattoos show a person's history physically, and are just as important contextually as if I said "I like XYZ because *reasons*", etc. Most of the people I've dated have 'come' with tattoos and it's never occurred to me to be jealous of them having a life before me.
Janelle Collard 1 week ago
I would have told him to get a Jacob's Ladder piercing *or* a Prince Albert piercing and then I'd get my tat modified. 😁 He knew about her tat from the begnning + had no problem with it. Of course his female BFF got into is head about this.
Emilu 6 days ago
Nuuu! If you've seen Final Destination: Bloodlines, you'll know why I protest against the Prince Albert, lol.
Load More Replies... Binky Melnik 1 week ago
Whoever held the gun to your head to force you to read it.
Load More Replies... Ellinor she/they/elle 1 week ago
How did you get "tattoos are a bad idea" from that post ?
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