Lisa, I appreciate the encouragement and I'm sorry for being negative but he has specifically said that any changes I'm making mean nothing to him whatsoever. Nothing.
So what if he says that? Does that mean it's true?
When my ex and I were still talking, he'd shriek something at me like "The writing was on the wall, you wanted to live in [this city]" and then a month later I'd say "BTW, I never wanted to live in [city] and he goes "I know, I never thought you did." And I'd be like WTF!??!?!?!?
There is EVERY chance he has no clue what he thinks/feels.