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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Cute_Onion88 on 2025-05-14 06:43:27+00:00.

My dad passed away a few months ago. I was really close to him and I miss him a lot.

My Dad had quite a few tattoos but one of them I remember dearly. It was this pinup style tattoo of a lady in a hawaiian skirt and coconut bra on his calf. I always liked that tattoo, even though it was pretty badly done.

Most of the color vanished over the years and I remember our dad letting us color in the tattoo with markers when he wanted to take a nap and keep us busy.

My mom always disapproved and I never understood why (until now).

One day, about two weeks after he passed away I was walking around the city and came by a tattoo shop. One thing led to another and I walked out of that shop with the same tattoo my dad had - the lady with the coconut bra. The artist did a great job at recreating the tattoo and I was very happy. Until I got home and wanted to show my mom.

My aunt was there (my dads sister) and started laughing like crazy. My mom looked quite shocked. Not the reaction I was expecting at all. I didn’t understand what’s happening until my aunt told me “Well, now you’ve got your mom on you forever. In a skimpy outfit. Great choice!”

Well long story short: My dad got this tattoo about a year after they started dating. She wore this outfit to a party, took a photo and he got it tattooed a few weeks after. Great, fucking great. I was a bit confused because my mom has always had blonde hair - the tattoo lady’s got black hair. But apparently she had a short phase of dying her hair black for a few months.

My mom always hated that tattoo, they almost broke up because of it back then. She made him swear that he’s never gonna tell anyone the story behind that tattoo. Hence why I don’t know anything about it - and I never asked.

I thought this was just a random tattoo he got on one of his many vacations. Well - now I have a tattoo of my mom in a coconut bra. Great.

My mom told me she doesn’t mind and that it’s kinda funny now. But I’m really thinking of getting it removed. At least its on my ribcage so I can hide it for the time being. I really don’t want to show the world my mom in a bikini.

TL;DR: My dad passed away and I went and got a tattoo he had. Turns out the lady on the tattoo is my mom in a bikini.