Monday, May 31, 2010

Man proposes to girlfriend with tattoo on leg

Joe Wittenberg has been designing tattoos for nine years. So when it came time to ask the woman he loves to marry him, he put the machine to his own skin. "It seemed pretty apt for how me and Rachel are," he said.

It's one thing to get a tattoo designed by someone else, but could you imagine doing all the work on yourself? That's exactly what Joe did. "I made a stencil and put the stencil on my leg and then just followed it along," he explained.



"I was already down on one knee, so I pulled up my pants and she saw the tattoo," Joe said. As Rachel stared at the tattoo, she says everything went from shocking to fitting. And she gave an answer: Yes.

And while some might find a proposal through a tattoo somewhat risky, this bride-to-be-says Joe traced his ink just right. "He scored some points for putting my name on there for sure," said Rachel.

With news video.

6 comments:

rikster said...

I would of played safe and just tattooed the words "Will you marry me" without mentioning any name...

Foreigner1 said...

...How will he change that tattoo the moment they decide to divorce...?

cath said...

Rachel, I will forever rue the day that I asked, "will you marry me?"

Foreigner1 said...

<span> :-D :-P :-D  ...And then that answer ( "Of course!" ) !!! Cath you made tears rolling with laughter on that one!!!! Piy there isn't a fitting emoticon for that. :-D </span>

E said...

lol, statistically speaking, he will burn that tattoo off in 15 years

Eva Phoenix said...

Joe is STILL married to Rachel; they are still very much in love... Joe works at Sea Hag Tattoo Parlour in Temecula, CA. Come on down, get a tattoo and ask him in person about his love affair. You Negative-Nancy's might be surprised at how absolutely perfect this proposal - in every way - was for these two. Life is short. Smile every day and share some love.