Before you do it, take some advice from experience.

Just because I don’t speak to the girls I share a tattoo with anymore doesn't mean that I don’t hold a special place in my heart for them. That also doesn’t mean if I had the chance to do it again that I would.

So, if you are one of the ones who are eager and ready to get matching tattoos, consider this first:

1. Unless you are married, engaged to be married, or you are relatives, ask yourself if you are okay having a permanent reminder of that person(s) on your body if you stopped speaking tomorrow.

2. Try matching something else first, like puppies or hair styles. Think it through.

3. If you still insist, decide on similar tattoos, not necessarily matching.

4. Find a way to make it unique. Allow yourself to shine through.

5. Switch it up. Choose different spots to get them.

6. Remember the moment and make a mental note to appreciate it.

And lastly, if everything does fall apart after you’ve struck out to go against all advice of society to stay away from matching tattoos, don't hold a grudge. Things happen. People change and grow (especially if you’re young). Remember that no matter what happens between you two or three or however many of you there are, at one point in time, it was something you wanted enough to keep forever. Those kinds of things don’t come around all the time so appreciate them, even if the appreciation stands still in time.