Nick Cannon

Many by now have heard the news about Mariah Carey and Nick Cannons break up and soon to be divorce. More recently though many have been raging about Cannons dramatic change in his back tattoo (http://www.eonline.com/news/586140/nick-cannon-covers-up-his-mariah-carey-tattoo-replaces-signature-ink-with-massive-new-tat). The tattoo that originally said "Mariah" on the back has now been covered up with a tattoo of a dove with a cross. This newly released information has had many ragging in all different directions of opinions.

As a teen myself I know that even though the conversation was brought up lightly and in a joking manner, my parents have told me to think twice before getting permanent ink placed on my body. As I'm sure all are aware, any form of tattoo ink placed on your body is forever there, and there are essentially no for sure options of removal. Many could argue in this manner that it was immature of Cannon to get the tattoo in the first place. Tattoo's are nothing to mess with, and while it may show love and affection for a spouse or significant other at the time, it may come of regret later. My parents have taught me that getting a persons name, not including family, tattooed on your body is most likely a mistake that will often times most likely not work out in the end. With that being said, I would have to lean more towards this side of opinions on my belief and behalf of the issue.

On the other hand however, others may argue that this sort of behavior is typical and okay. Many people get their significant others named tattooed on their bodies and many believe that if it doesn't work out that just getting it covered up isn't a problem. In fact, there is even a show about people that specialize in covering up mistaken tattoos called Bad Ink. However, if you ever watch that (or any other shows of that manner) you would come to realize that they all follow a distinct pattern. The guests on the shows always seem to walk in a little embarrassed knowing they don't only have to discuss their mistake, but explain why it happened in the first place, it's like being a kid and talking to your parents all over again! This is yet another reason why I believe that Cannon's mistake did not start when he got the divorce, but rather the fact that he even got the tattoo in the first place. Maybe next time he will think about getting permanent body ink and save himself the talk and embalmment from the public.