I 18 F just got a tattoo for my birthday and my bf 18 M well call him Kyle doesn’t like how I complimented the tattoo artist (20 something male) for background me and my bf have been together for almost 8 months and he’s been amazing but one thing he struggles with is his self confidence he’s been very insecure all his life and I’ve done my best to reassure him I’ve cut all contact with any male friends and don’t talk to people in general I try to compliment him all the time. Now back to the tattoo me and my mom have planned to get this tattoo for months and when we went to get it it was in the tattoo artist house let’s call him Gabe we go in and Gabe starts talking about how he likes to make sure his clients are comfortable and this being my first tattoo he went over all the things he does and explains how he wants his work to be great since it’s my first tattoo he then explains the house layout just in case we get uncomfortable and need to leave. Gabe leaves the room a bit before starting and when we start I joke and say the one line he did on my arm was all the tattoo experience I needed and we all had a little laugh then when he finished the tattoo I looked at it and said I don’t like it redo it as a joke we all laugh again I looked in the mirror and I’m obsessed with my tattoo. Finally when me and my mom were done doing all that we had to do in town I get home and call my BF kyle I tell him how I had a great experience and the tattoo artist and how the tattoo artist made me feel comfortable when getting my first tattoo he got super quiet and I tried to ask what was wrong and he said nothing I tried for the rest of the night to get him to talk to me and ended up crying in the bathroom on my birthday then I talked to my mom about it and we both agreed I hadn’t done anything wrong I called Kyle before bed and he finally told me he was upset because I complemented Gabe saying he made me feel comfortable I told Kyle it wasn’t my intention to glorify Gabe I just really love my tattoo and was happy to finally get it now the next morning Kyle tells me he’s still sad about me complementing Gabe so I told Kyle he was over reacting and I was just professionally complimenting Gabe’s work as a tattoo artist and saying he made the environment comfortable for me and my mother. I’m at a loss rn because I do love my boyfriend but I hate when he acts like this AITAH?

Update: I had a super long conversation with him about how he’s too insecure he didn’t take it very lightly at first but after talking some more we talked about how he needs to focus on himself he puts a lot of time and money into making his family happy I feel like it’s kind of a lot I’m not excusing his behavior but I do think that if we communicate more on the topic we will be just fine ty to everyone giving advice but I will be staying with this guy he only really acts this way when he gets overly insecure and he does need to work on it

Until next time 🩷