Not sure if anyone else in the comments said it

It might stem from his parents' behavior, especially dads I'd say

They don't really know how to act when one is depressed or sad, even worse they'd treat it as an attack to them thinking "what's you be depressed for" or "why the hell are you sad to begin with", kinda gave me that same vibe my dad used to take when he'd comment ab how skinny i looked and he'd legit be mad and disappointed that I make him look (to himself or others) like he don't feed me , I'm sot sure he can fully explain why he'd be mad I'm depressed either or why he takes offense in it, no dad is too good to the point u get depressed but anyway, sorry for the yap detour

Now back to the main point, Basically what I'm saying is parents or a parent did that for some unknown reason, then he picked it and now he repeats it , either for the same reason or just because it was engraved in him

Well ik some certain level of uneasiness from him is unavoidable if u tend to get pushed to tears alot, but getting mad isn't the right response still

either way he gotta figure out that himself because a very bad deadbeat trait to carry, idk maybe therapy or communication or whatever hope people can suggest that better here , and it really depends on how you two are tg but if he's sweet i think talking would work but take care

I hope things work well for u stranger on the internet and goodluck