I just saw someone I know post a photo of their tattoo on social media. It is a nice tattoo, but has an obvious mistake, that shows that they only tattooed it for aesthetics and don’t actually know much about it.
Think along the lines of misspelling a word in another language that you don’t speak, or getting a tattoo of a chemical compound but getting the elements wrong. It is obvious to someone who knows the theory behind it, but to others it just looks nice.
On one hand I feel like there is no good thing that can come from telling them. They are excited about the tattoo and would be upset if they knew it was wrong. It is also not easily fixable unless covered up. On the other hand, I think I’d want to know. And also, there is just that part of me that really has to tell them about it \^\^ not to be mean, it just bugs me to see it and I really have to refrain myself from telling them. Maybe I’ll wait until the new-tattoo-honeymoon-phase is over?
WIBTA if I told them about it?
Edit 1:
They are a friend. I phrased it weirdly when I edited the text because of the "if you do not know the person you are in conflict with in real life" rule but made it more confusing, sorry
Edit 2:
You are correct, thank you 🙂 I was too caught up in how much it bugs me, but I need to get over myself. And yes, I know that too much little stuff bugs me. I am serious about wanting to be told if I was her, but again, that is about me.
I would not tell anything if I see a poppy flower with 12 petals instead of 5 (no big deal) but if this is an exotic lettering supposed to say « bravery » but instead saying « dumbass » I would let them know. So it depends on the severity of the mistake.
YWBTA, at least to the person who’s so excited right now. I would leave it alone. If it’s pretty obvious, someone they know is going to tell them, as opposed to some stranger online.
>there is just that part of me that really has to tell them about it \^\^ not to be mean, it just bugs me to see it and I really have to refrain myself from telling them.
Get a grip.
The fact you say it is “someone you know” suggests they aren’t a particularly close friend – possibly merely an acquaintance rather than friend. As such all that’ll probably happen is you unable to tell them without coming across slightly smug about it leaving them feeling shit that they have something incorrect permanently\* on their body. Just forget about it and move on.
\*yes yes we know laser removal exists
INFO: is the mistake minimal or catastrophic? Meaning, if someone else notices it would it be like thinking you had the word “peaceful” in another language and it actually says “sleep”, or it actually says “stupid”?
Don’t tell them
Also it is sheet music mistake, they probably will go their whole life not knowing about
YWBTA
“Someone I know”….how well do you know this person? You’re friends, as in you talk/interact regularly? How many people – realistically – are gonna notice this mistake? Everyone who sees it?
If not, you would be an asshole for telling them. Especially since it honestly sounds like a very minor mistake that only a very few people are going to notice (you make it sound like only a person well-versed in sheet music is gonna notice).
“I think I’d want to know” and “…Ther is just that part of me that really has to tell them…” — these are really specific to YOU, not this other person that you know.
I think you need to find a way to move on.
Tattoos ARE aesthetic. Pointing this out serves no one but your ego.
YTA, and you know that, it’s so clear from the last paragraph.
You’re DOUBLE TA for seeking approval here for what you know is an asshole move
Just leave it.
Its sheet music? YWBTA. Just let it be.
>it just bugs me to see it
Then dont look.
YWBTA Nobody is going to be playing a song from someone’s tattoo. You’re just showing off.
Unless the mistake could put them in danger (they unknowingly got a gang affiliate piece, for example), mind your business.
It’s a mistake in the notation of a musical rhythm?
>And also, there is just that part of me that really has to tell them about it \^\^ not to be mean, it just bugs me to see it and I really have to refrain myself from telling them
You sound like one of those people who has to announce the smallest fault in anything they see.
YWBTA – let it go.
YWBTA. I have tattoos with mistakes and they’re a tiny bit annoying, but I can tell you right now that if someone pointed out a mistake I hadn’t noticed or known about, I would be pissed. You’re presumably an adult, you can keep things to yourself.
YTA for burying the lede and not just saying in the OP that the error is in a piece depicting sheet music. You let people think it was potentially something really embarrassing or offensive so that it skews votes your way.
Nobody is going to be examining her tattoo in depth trying to figure out which song it is – they’ll say it looks lovely and ask, and she can happily say the song title and her story/reason for getting it. And THAT’S the important part about the tattoo, not the accuracy.
I read sheet music and understand musical theory, and would not want to ruin this person’s enjoyment of their body by correcting them. Let it be.