He was surprised I told him it was mean. he said "oh really?" like it was totally new for him to know that its bad to joke about someone dying. Recently he has also made jokes about cheating on me, searching for other women, going to massage parlors. I dont know why he would even talk about it unless he is trying to rub it in my face for some reason.
He never made jokes like that in the past, i dont know why he would now unless he has another reason for saying it. He lost a cousin to suicide and his brother attempted and failed so death isnt a joking matter in his family nor is it in mine for the same reasons.
its possible i am taking it too personally, but in general i think those are horrible things to joke about, and he never did it in the past in a vindictive way.