Love Letters: Is Getting a Tattoo of Your Girlfriend’s Kids Risky Business?

Well it’s been awhile since I dug through the Love Letters inbox but since I just got a timely question and we’re between album reviews, let’s dive in.

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Here’s today’s question:

Pete Davidson just got a tattoo of Kim Kardashian’s kids’ initials on his neck. Is he taking things too far? Because I think so.

Not a Kanye Stan

Because we can’t go a week without talking about Kanye around here. Yay.

You can read all about the latest nonsense here.

Allow me to share something personal with y’all – I don’t believe in tattooing anyone’s name on yourself.

LET ME CLARIFY so I don’t have to deal with a bunch of ALL TATS MATTER responses: I’m happy you have your first born’s baby pic tatted on your left buttcheek, that’s cool I guess. And I’m not anti-tattoo at all. In fact, I’ve wanted a sleeve for years, mainly because I know y’all would lose your minds if I ever showed it off. But here’s the funny thing about tats – they’re permanent and I haven’t come across any design or image that I’d want to wear to my grave.

Hence my apprehension of tatting names on yourself: it’s PERMANENT. What if that significant other, that sibling, that parent, that child, that favorite celebrity loses their mind, does something evil or makes a poor life choice like call Jack Harlow the next GOAT rapper? Now you’re stuck with their branding on you for the rest of your life.

I mean, imagine living with a Bill Cosby tat. Actually, there’s a whole documentary about the poor souls who did that!

I love my family, I love my wife, I love a couple of y’all. Just a couple, though, the rest of you need Jesus. But I don’t need my skin permanently inked to showcase that.

But let’s finally get to NAKS’ question. First, it’s not clear WHAT that tat is. It just looks like he fell asleep on a wet newspaper and something smudged on his neck. So let’s hear his side of the story before we grab the pitchforks.

However, if that IS a tat of Kim and her kids, yeah that’s a new level weird – and that’s saying a lot for a guy who looks like Millennial Nosferatu.

First, it just comes off as trolling Ye and his psychotic fanbase. I’ve said before that Kanye is all bark and zero bite but his antics may empower his autotune-loving lemmings to do something tragic one day. Why fan those flames? Also, to bring this down to earth and away from TMZ headlines, tatting someone else’s kids on your neck is a MAJOR sign of commitment to them in your life. I don’t know Kim and Pete personally, but that seems like a huge step for a guy she’s been dating for just a few months.

Look, I’m not getting a tattoo of anyone’s name on me EVER, not even my wife. She ain’t gonna have me looking crazy if she decides to run off with the guy who plays Geoffrey on Bel-Air. But if a parent wants to get a tattoo of their child to show their devotion, have at it. They WILL always be your child after all, that love should be unconditional. However, regardless of celebrity status, a boyfriend laying claim to a bunch of kids from another relationship seems very, very VERY premature. Maybe ol Stepdad Skeet will prove to be an important figure in their lives, but you don’t need a tattoo to prove it.

Well, on that sure to be uncomfortable note, let’s hit one more question:

What do you do if your potential mates children don’t like you?

DW

Well, I hope you don’t tattoo their initials on your neck, that’s for sure!

Let’s be real, although it would make things a lot easier, those kids have no obligation to like you. Y’all have been trying to get me to like Elle Varner for years – and I’m sure she’s a wonderful human being – but the second she started yodeling through the verses I throw up the deuces. I have no obligation to suffer from inner ear bleeding.

The only thing you can do is be as civil as possible. We’re at this annoying point in history where we believe if someone doesn’t like you, or if you don’t like someone, it’s your constitutional right to BEAT THEM INTO OBLIVION.

Reminder – you are not Will Smith. You will catch a case.

Therefore, all you can do is show them the best parts of you. Be considerate and friendly, but don’t go overboard. No one likes a try-hard. If possible, spend time with them (just make sure your mate is present as well to serve as a buffer). If that doesn’t work, oh well, you tried.

You can’t MAKE anyone like you, just don’t give them just cause to despise you.