Husband wants me to quit my job and work for him, Mom says he is possessive? Advice?

[Emily]

My husband and i have been together for 5 years, married for 3. I adore him and he always tells me how much he loves me. Im 26 and work in the fashion industry and he is a 33yo tattoo artist with his own very successful shop. We are both crazy about one another and he is always telling me how much he loves me. I am a girlie & have 4 tattoo's that he done, he is covered in tattoos and has my name done across his heart, people always say its crazy how different our styles are.. I go with him to Tattoo Conventions as he always begs me to go with him. He always has a hold of my hand or his arms around me at them, but he very rarely goes with me to any shows i have to be at for my job, i would love him to be there with me but he says that going would make him feel uncomfortable and that with my career he's afraid that me being married to a heavily tattooed guy could hold me back as he says they can be shallow people, then his friends make a rude joke about people who work in fashion and my husband and his friends were laughing, it really insulted me, my husband apologized to me , but i do go to events for him as he says hes no good without me, he wants me to leave my job and start working with him, running his shop for him. My friends love my husband but have always said stuff like we are both too different from each other total opposites. My mom says she can see he gets really pissed off looking when i talk to my male friends, or he just stares me when we are at a party then see's him walk up to me and wont let me out of his sight, she has always hated him though, saying if he loved me he would go with me anywhere. I wish he would just compromise with me. Should i try talk to him about this? I know its a silly little problem but it annoys me