I agree that you should discuss the issue with him. He may be clueless. I like Christina’s idea on coming up with a design together to cover it up.

I’ll be honest; I was clueless on something similar. I had a collage of pictures of me and my kids hanging in the house. A couple of pictures in the collage contained me, my kids and my ex (the kid’s dad). After dating this guy for quite a long time we had decided to get engaged. He mentioned the collage and that he didn’t like the fact that I had pictures of my ex hanging. I had really never thought about them so it never dawned on me that it would be upsetting to him. After we talked, I replaced the pictures and all was well.

I know a tattoo is a little harder to replace, remove or cover up, but I can most defiantly see your point of view and think you should talk about it and be honest in what your feelings are in the matter.

Good luck!