Hey Blossomung Jen first off thanks for havbing the courage to post this and be open to discussion it's brave! I do hold some of the same thoughts as the people above, but I also have some other questions that can give better scope to the situation. Like how long have you guys been together for and are you two young? If you are young he really may have changed and you two are just different people at this point in life and need to go your own ways in life. One thing that stuck out to me beside the major points that other people have brought up like the jokes is you say he's under a lot of stress, what kind of stress? Has a immediate family member passed away, does a run a business, has he recently lost a job? If it is something major he could be having a identity crisis and trying to see where his life will take him. Also his ego could be hurt if one of those things have happened recently and he may be acting differently and taking out his insecurities out on you. try being aware of those thing and still be conscious of wrongs that he may be doing to you. Don't let your love for him make you blind to his acts like mote.of.soul said also Don't excuse them but if they get out of hand then do somethin. For now don't jump to any conclusions. Like you said you do love this man and want to work things out with him. I think healingme4me brought up some great points focus on loving yourself and "Nothing wrong with being someplace, in between."