true commitment

I saw something today that shocked me, even by new york standards.

in the elevator at the sports club this morning there was this yuppie looking couple, they were probably about 27. He had a european style haircut, she had on vintage style workout clothes. (because its important to be fashionable at all times.)

What struck was their matching neck tattoos. they both had these elaborate tattoos of something in calligraphy across the whole left side of their neck. not a tiny carebear or gang-sign or something, we are talking ultra-conspicuous here.




(not actual sports club yuppie)


I think theyre probably the early-adopters on the leading edge of a cultural shift in our country. forget about wedding bands, you can take those off. plus they can get lost down the drain which could lead to serious garbage-disposal related injuries to the digits (a particular phobia of mine, dont even get me started on that).

matching visible tattoos are definitely the true sign of matrimonial love and commitment.

The funny thing is that at first I thought that those people must really love each other to want to declare their commitment with such permanence.

Then, I realized that there is a much more obvious explanation: that got nearly identical tattoos before ever meeting each other and the whole thing just happened by coincidence.

coincidences like that are crazy, you know?