<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

My boyfriend is a great guy. He definitely cares about me a lot. He puts up with me and my insecurities and he takes me out, plans great dates and all that good stuff. We've had a pretty good ~1yr but for one thing. He never, ever, ever says he misses me, or cares about me, likes me, is lucky to have me around... Nothing. He'll compliment me sexually and regarding my school performance and intelligence, but NEVER about the emotional aspect of our relationship.

I confronted him last night. Stupidly, I mildly posed him the question over text. I asked him if it was awkward for him to tell me he missed me or cared for me. He said no, that he was "always like that", and apologized. I had been stupid and I had stalked his facebook profile a few months ago, where I found him proclaiming how much he would miss his first ex when he went overseas, about how much he loved her, how great she was, etc. He has done no such thing for me, even to my face much less to strangers on Facebook.

Obviously, I never thought much of it at the time since but now I'm insecure. I don't know if he's telling the truth or if he just doesn't care about me as much as he cares about his ex. It's driving me crazy, since he hasn't told me he misses me even ONCE without me prompting it first. I know he does, but hearing it would make me feel so good. And really, we've been dating so long that he shouldn't feel uncomfortable to do so. 

I don't know what to do. It's driving me crazy. Should I calm down? He's truly a good boyfriend to me but this one thing is just making me feel so insecure right now.

A little background: His first ex was the only girl he told he loved. I asked him about it, and he said it was stupid and that it was a mostly physical connection. He told me that he has both a physical and an emotional connection with me. That relationship with his first ex went terribly and hurt him a lot.
<bot>: My boyfriend doesn't ever tell me he cares about me/loves me/misses me, but he was like that with his ex-gf. Don't know how to deal, I'm wildly insecure now.