Their is a very selective group of people who should have the honor of having their names on you. 1. Your parent(s) who hopefully loved and cared for you or God, who, with their help, created you. Maybe if someone like donates a body part to you or something that significant. But I've always felt no matter how "in love" and I was at THAT time, no one would ever brand me, except those listed above. My husband is covered in them, but not one was my name and I made it clear, he'd have to put in major quality time to justify a tattoo. I have a long time friend who is an amazing artist in general, but he owns a tattoo shop and he's begged me to let him draw on me for years. But it wasn't till my baby girl was born that I added that person to the selective group. I called him and walked out with a beautiful classy tattoo that I can choose to show or not, with butterflies (for freedom) a peace symbol, so she may have peace of mind and heart all her life, and, yes...her name about 6 mos later, on my wedding anniversary I was at courthouse having to file a restraining order and for divorce from that same man, who had started tweaking after years of being clean and sober, and brought his life (and ours, since being married means you are legally connected) he's ruined me financially, gave me PTSS by stalking, burglary and verbal and physical abuse, violating the order over 22 times. He's been using or in and out of jail since she was almost 2 and it breaks my heart that he's hurt her so much. Now...the man I first married, could possibly have been "tattoo worthy" down the road, but what if I'd done it before he pulled the Jekyll/Hyde act? How much would that suck to see his name on me everyday? I stand by the "Parent, Higher power and now child" as approved "tattoo worthy". But boyfriends, husbands, wives, don't always stay that way forever, your parents, God and children are part of you to the end, they put in the effort and time. Unless you got a heart, lung or other body part, not worth it.