Maybe he doesn’t know his comments were disrespectful. Maybe he never learned that, being used to such comments in his household. So patiently teach him and expect him to be a good student and fast!

This is a great piece of advice, thank you, I will definitely keep it in mind!

And yes, I did ask him what’s been going on, he recently started going to the gym and some relatives from another state are currently staying at his house. He became pretty distant so the first thing I asked him was if he was okay, if everything was alright, he said yes and that he was just busy and I needed to understand that, of course I understand, but the thing is that he wasn’t this way before. Right now he’s on a break from college, but when he was still attending classes, no matter how busy he was (and he was, a lot) he always made at least a tiny bit of time for me.

I also don’t want to be a burden if something else is bothering him, so I try to stay positive and cheer him up, but sometimes he ends up bringing me down.