"M" for Mark

(Matching wedding tattoos done by Nick Wasko)

My husband and I have these as matching tattoos. I have the "M" for Mark and he has an "L" for Lindsay. Yes, we're "that" couple!

A couple weeks after tieing the knot (November 30, 2013), we got these tattoos to commemorate the wedding day. We had a wedding of only 30 people total (including bride & groom, wedding party, and four little ones) and the ceremony took place outdoors at Redwood Park in South Surrey. You can probably guess by now, just based on the design of the tattoo and the date of our wedding, we got hitched in a torrential downpour of rain, with nothing more than umbrellas to keep us dry, and one canopy to cover the table which had our wedding documents to sign.

(Wedding day: November 30, 2013)

Yes, we anticipated this, and yes, everyone thought we were a little crazy, but it suited us just perfectly.

We considered long and hard about getting tattooed wedding bands, or initials on our ring fingers, but after much deliberation and advice from our tattoo artist we decided against it. Once we ditched that idea, we started trying to come up with something else we could do. We both eagerly wanted to commemorate the day and after days tossing ideas back and forth and scowering the internet for some more inspiration, we decided on the umbrella, and we never looked back!

This tattoo definitely hurt more than I remember my first one hurting (I think the forearm is definitely a more sensitive area), but it was still easily tolerable. Nick was able to do the tattoos for us back to back in the same night so we both hung out with the each other browsing the internet, keeping each other distracted while getting inked. It was actually quite exhilarating getting to watch Mark get the ink, I mean, it's such a forever thing. It was pretty cool to see!

Now I know tattoos aren't for everyone, especially when it comes to matching ones with a significant other. But for me, it was a no brain-er. It was a no brainer to say yes to marrying Mark and it was a no brainer to put his initial permanently in my skin. This is just what was right for us.

-Linds