Oooh go on Songbird go for it. Your husband is right. I saw a quote in a book I am reading, it said "Remember To Speak From The Scar, Not The Wound. "
A scar is proof of healing, sometimes survival, the opposite of the hurt or fear of an open wound from the past.
But a Tattoo.... Do IT! I have several, all highly personal to me my first ( a grey wolf) lead me to meet the man I have loved and been loved by for the last 30+ years! My last was a ring tattooed on my wedding finger so I will go to my grave wearing his ring. Me? Romantic much??