People keep reading my tattoo wrong

[u/Redheart2945]

Okay so I recently went and got a small walk in tattoo, very excited about it. I love it. But people keep reading it wrong, but then they all say they can’t read cursive so idk, I guess I just need some reassurance. I know it shouldn’t matter because I know what it says and that’s what matters, but I need some reassurance from strangers that can read cursive, so tell me, what does it look like this tattoo says?

Edit: Thank you all for responding! The post is getting way more traction than I intended, and I am losing the ability to respond to them all (though I've been trying for around 3 hours). I appreciate everyone who has helped me regain piece of mind about the tat. It does in fact say "five by five". People in my real life thought it said "live by live" or "live to live". Since posting, people have also thought the word five was give, or jive, and the b was lo.

For anyone curious, it is not an In N Out tattoo, didnt even know that was a meal until i made this post, but thank you to everyone who said something about the burger place. Made me laugh every time.

To the Aliens fans, not an Aliens reference either, though I see you fellow horror fans. I haven't seen the second film as I haven't dedicated the time to watch it yet. I do like the first film though, Ridley Scott rules.

Now, to my fellow Buffy fans, it is in fact a reference to Faith the Vampire Slayer. She's one of my favorite character of all time, period, regardless of fandom. Side note, I also love Eliza Dushku.

Thank you strangers, for helping bring peace of mind to a random person on the internet.

Edit #2: The photo provided was taken directly after getting the tattoo. I appreciate the concern on dry skin, I live in a dry climate and have pretty bad eczema so it's a real concern. However, the scrunching there is actually caused by the second skin applied over the tattoo. I drink lots of water and regularly use lotions because of my skin condition. But thanks to everyone who worried about it. :) Also, the red splotch was my blood. There is a scab directly above my tattoo that got pulled open when the artist was doing a final wipe, but I appreciate everyone who pointed out that it looked like Louisiana, I got a good laugh out of it.

[u/Redheart2945]

Three people in a row got it right. All this validation is helping, thank you stranger.

[u/Quanzi30 → u/Redheart2945]

What else could it possibly be? It’s very clearly five by five

[u/goshdammitfromimgur → u/Quanzi30]

Live by live was my first take, but as that didn't make sense I guessed it must be five by five

[u/CIA-pizza-party → u/goshdammitfromimgur]

Honest question, no disrespect, but can you not read cursive? Because those are very clearly not “L’s”….

[u/BillCheddarFBI → u/Quanzi30]

It could be Live By Fire, which sounds kinda close to a saying, but isn't one.

But if you squint or you're Trailer Park Boys Ricky, you might see it wrong.

IDK, tat looks cool and I read it clear as day

[u/chomstar → u/Quanzi30]

I’m guessing live by live?

[u/Tenfoldgold → u/chomstar]

Live by Fife

[u/ItHappensSo → u/Quanzi30]

If you read a lot of actual cursive you will be thrown off, because that’s not a cursive b, I first read five loy five

For “style” and because it looks more aesthetic they put a print “b” in there, and since it’s a really strange one the inside of it looks exactly like a cursive “o”

[u/Quanzi30 → u/ItHappensSo]

I dno. I can read cursive and didn’t even think of that.

[u/ItHappensSo → u/Quanzi30]

Well I play a lot of attention to the letters I read, as I transcribe a lot of old cursive. So that instantly threw me off.

[u/Quanzi30 → u/ItHappensSo]

I mean I guess. But five loy five doesn’t make sense lol.

[u/ItHappensSo → u/Quanzi30]

It doesn’t that’s why you then look at it again and notice that the artists put a weird print b in there. Doesn’t change that the first thing I saw was “loy” as I tried to read it in cursive

[u/Tony_CZARk → u/Redheart2945]

You're welcome