My boyfriend and I have been together almost 8 years. We both love each other very much. He works as a stone mason 6am to 2pm. I don't hear from him at all during that time. He normally gets home.around 3:30 and usually doesn't text me.until then or I won't hear from him at all until I get off work at 4. I don't expect him to text me all day but it does start to hurt my feelings when I don't even get a single message from him all day. I guess it's hard to believe he doesn't have any time all day to send me a quick "I love you" or anything like that. He gets upset when I bring it up and says he doesn't have time to text me. I try not to bring it up anymore but when it gets close to the end of my work day I stary feeling sad an anxious and wondering why he doesn't say anything to me all day. Am I being too needy or are my feelings normal?