Hmm, it's difficult to say without knowing anymore about where you're coming from, like how things are between you and how he treats you, and especially how he said it or his attitude. That's what makes all the difference as it's a truer and more real expression of their feeling than mere words and also has a much stronger impact on you. Like, if he was saying it to hurt and disrespect you, and was even deriving enjoyment from it, that is very disgusting and someone I'd want out of my life as soon as possible.
I'd never treat anyone like that, much less someone I loved, and would never want to be in a situation where I needed someone like that for anything, much less in a male-female love-relationship which is still challenging at the best of times. Not that I've ever been with anyone who treated me deliberately like that, but I've been with some who did it without meaning to because they were upset, we were arguing, or they were just being themselves. Although that can still make you feel like shit for many reasons. Like, if it makes you feel as if you're not compatible, they don't really return your feelings, or they can't take care of your needs.
But someone doing it on purpose because they want to hurt you is pretty much abuse and makes it many times worse. Male-female relationships are diffcult for many reasons, we're just not fully compatible and work as opposites in many ways, and are just unable to always make eachother feel great or take care of eachother's needs. If more would just accept this and found some way to live with it, minimise the difficulties, and show consideration for each other it would help a lot as opposed to just fighting it and trying to change the opposite sex like most seem to.
Men/women are who we are and you can't turn a typical man into a female version of yourself with all the same feelings and relationship-needs. We were just made differently than that and a big part of relationships is learning to deal with that challenge rather than expecting them to be ideal and freaking out when they're not. I've also learned a hard way that taking that attitude can help a LOT as opposed to holding onto these unrealistic ideals and expectations that ware put into out heads from our culture and your own egoistic ego-needs that make you only care about your own side of things.
That attitude can be very destructive and besides there are so many things in our culture that are very destructive to male-female relationships. Like women watching romantic movies and men watching porn and how it gives us a different perspective on each other and how our relationships are meant to be. Or the way sex is something that elevates a man's ego and status while it lowers a woman's. How men are in return being taken advantage off for their money, etc. (All in all the score is pretty even). For one thing we're different in our nature to begin with, while these habits and standards put ideals and expectations into our minds that are both unrealistic and destructive and also gives us some very good weapons we know how to use against each other.
And, mostly in a subconscious way, like to get revenge for something or control someone so they will give us what we need (how it's mostly subconscious is another problem). Gaining awareness of these things and learning to reduce the harm they can make us do to each other and the relationship is a great step and two intelligent, well-meaning people can achieve a lot with that and really change things for the better. Of course, many simply don't want to, many LIKE these negative interactions.
Well, this was today's psychology lesson, for those who really love and desire happiness with the opposite sex.