What does it mean to tattoo the word forbearance on people's arms in the 1980s?

As a typical post-80s generation, I have seen too many people with the word "forbearance" tattooed on their arms, including many friends around me who also tattooed when they were young.

At that time, there were many popular tattoo characters, among which forbearance was the most representative one, as well as many other names such as "love", "courage", "affection" and "person you like", and there were also many patterns with a small snake tattooed on them.

Imitating a funny character by following the wind has no actual deep meaning.