<p>Wow - do we have the same daughter??? Minus the boyfriend I’ve been through the same thing.
Have her do more research on the 2 week tattoo course. From what we learned it usually takes years of apprenticeship to become a successfull tattoo artist. My daughter actually gave up the idea a year ago and is now ready to go to college. Of course she still has her mind-set that at 18 she will be getting tattooed.
We also went the route of saying we would pay for OOS if that was what it took to get her excited about college and it seems to have worked. She has a list of schools we will be visiting soon that she felt would be a good fit for her and not in our home state.
Good luck…</p>