I do wonder if in saying it out loud, he is trying to get a rise out of you? It just seems so gratuitously cruel and provocative. It reeks of resentment.
I really don't think so Lil. He is very loving in other ways, still. I truly believe he just doesn't "get it." It's just not important to him so he wishes it wasn't important to me. We are just on totally different pages here.