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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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Surprise! Matching Tattoos Still a Bad Idea

Yet couples, including Sam and LiLo, continue to get them

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(Newser) – Even though it’s no shocker that getting matching tattoos is a bad idea, celebrities keep on doing it. The latest drama-ridden couples to get ill-advisedly inked? LiLo and Sam, Rihanna and Chris Brown, and Britney and K-Fed. “It’s a terrible idea,” a doc at New York’s Tattoo Removal Center tells the Daily News.

From Angelina Jolie’s Billy Bob dragon to Johnny Depp’s Winona—now "Wino"—Forever, celebrity tattoos have a long history of causing snickers after the relationship falls apart. “All you need to do is look at the divorce rate and beyond that, the break-up rate of relationships before marriage," says the doc. "Buy roses, buy chocolate, buy a puppy and share it. Don’t get matching tattoos.”

Rihanna has her own version of Chris Brown's star tattoo, the New York Daily News reports.
Rihanna has her own version of Chris Brown's star tattoo, the New York Daily News reports.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Rihanna and Chris Brown, who have matching tattoos, perform at Madison Square Garden in New York, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.
Rihanna and Chris Brown, who have matching tattoos, perform at Madison Square Garden in New York, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Angelina Jolie's
Angelina Jolie's "Billy Bob" tattoo is still faintly visible under the new ink on her arm, the New York Daily News reports.   (Getty Images)
Lindsay Lohan has a permanent reminder of ex Samantha Ronson in the form of a matching tattoo, the New York Daily News reports.
Lindsay Lohan has a permanent reminder of ex Samantha Ronson in the form of a matching tattoo, the New York Daily News reports.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)
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A lot of couples do that thinking if they put that permanence on their body, the relationship will last forever. There's no guarantee. - Rachel Sussman, couples therapist

When we're so madly in love with a partner it's associated with the same feeling of being addicted to drugs. All common sense and reason go out the window. - Rachel Sussman, couples therapist

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Chilblain
Apr 8, 09 2:59 PM CDT
Or don't get a tattoo period. I can wait until all you tattoo addicts turn 60. You'll look so classy. Gross Reply
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SPH
Apr 8, 09 5:07 PM CDT
Short-sighted indeed.......
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