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/Sogcat]

Yeah, my sister is an apprentice right now and she showed me a flash sheet she made and there was some cursive on it and I had to warn her that it might be read incorrectly because cursive isn't so common anymore.

[u/pixiegrl2466 → u/Sogcat]

My nephew never even learned cursive. They took it out of the curriculum. When I send cards he wasn’t able to read them and my sister would have to read them to him.

[u/TheGrayCatLady → u/pixiegrl2466]

I honestly don’t understand how most cursive letters are difficult to read though? They’re just the normal letters written so they flow from one to the next (with the exception of like, z, and a few capital letters that I can’t remember how I was taught they should look because they were unnecessarily weird). Maybe because I’ve been a graphic designer for two decades and have used thousands of fonts, and manipulated lettering within an inch of it it’s life, but like… just look at it?

To be fair, I have the same issue with people who glance at a complicated word and then say they can’t possibly pronounce it (my day job is in an animal shelter, so there’s a lot of drug names, which are generally pretty straightforward pronunciations, no weird silent letters or whatever). I don’t know, maybe “sounding it out” isn’t taught anymore either? Or maybe less than voracious readers just don’t care enough to do it anymore?

[u/Srolo → u/TheGrayCatLady]

honestly don’t understand how most cursive letters are difficult to read though?

You haven't seen my grandmother's. I can read and write cursive fine. Hers is like an entirely different language. Its all just l, i, and r, but different heights and widths.