Yoyo, I don't post to you much because there are not a lot of similarities to our sitches, but in this case there is. I would kill, even today, for my W to acknowledge that some of her actions did/do get a rise in my emotions. To be fair, she does do some of this, but the reassurance that she KNOWS how certain things may look and that they are NOT what they look like would be nice...or should I say would HAVE BEEN nice when things were less secure in my head.
My advice is yes, take this as a big positive. The fact is that you can't control him and the fact that he's trying to be transparent to you is a good thing. Accept it for what it is and try not to read too much into things.