That's great, it appears to me he's making attempts to become closer to you. My H, within the last year in particular, has made comments like the one you mentioned. Interestingly enough just a few weeks ago he seemed to be looking for assurance that I would have married him regardless of our son (he proposed to me the night after I told him I was pregnant....he had already bought the ring and was planning on it though.) Out of the blue he said to me "You would have married me anyway....wouldn't you?" To which I responded, of course I would have, which was the truth.
Now, had I known about his whore/madonna issue (or recognized it) back then...I would have insisted it was addressed prior to marriage, but hey...that's not how it worked out. At least things are good now :-) I really believe things will work out well for you two as well.
