Family disappointment peaked years ago — the tattoo's just paperwork now.

You've already lost the argument at every holiday table for a decade, so nobody's bracing for a surprise anymore. Getting the tattoo doesn't move the needle on how disappointed anyone already is — it just finally does something for you instead of them. The reaction was never going to change either way.

Waiting on approval that was never coming just delays the inevitable. Once the shock wears off, everyone moves on to whatever you do next, and the ink stays exactly where you wanted it in the first place.

Rebel Ink Designs figures the ink was always the easy part.