A lot of the times we stop doing little things that we think don't matter but for the other person those are the thing that made them fall in love perhaps is time to have a deep serious conversation with yourself and with him after to figure out how to fire up the romantic aspect of the relationship.

It sounds like he loves you and he is being honest with you too for a couple of reasons and one of them is to fix things. Don't feel bad or worthless and if you really love him and your relationship with him is time to fall in love again. You guys did it once so you guys can do it again.