It shouldn’t be a big deal to send the good morning and good night. it’s not hard to do. But it is a big deal in the sense that its important to you, so it should’ve be important to him. it shouldn’t be such a big thing for him to take 5 second out of his morning and night to give something that is normal in most relationships. You really aren’t asking for a lot of
yeah i’ve experienced the same problem before. i really value intentionality and feel very strongly that good morning/goodnight texts take minimal effort (legitimately 5 seconds out of your entire day) and that it matters. if you can’t do the little things well, you can’t do the big things well. and if you don’t want to be intentional with that, then you don’t desire the level of intentionality that i need and appreciate
I also think when you end with the “it’s fine” I get the frustration 100% at that point but it’s dismissive of your feelings and him opening it up to be a further discussion. Take advantage of that it’ll be worth it in the long run you know. If he’s the right person then these disagreements are worth pushing and figuring out what works