I've been on a few dates with a new bloke, we both work in a similar industry but his hours can be quite late and due to the nature of the business, the days can also be horrendously long. I am currently in-between jobs but am well aware of the pressures that such jobs can bring (sorry to be obtuse but I don't want to out myself!)
He is very nice, very sweet and we get on well. However, something I've noticed and something that is grating on me slightly is his relatively constant put-downs as to what I'm doing. If I've got a day off, I'm being "lazy", if I see my friends on an evening off he comments on how I'm not working - too bloody right as I've had a week of work! It's getting quite irritating and I really don't know how to respond to the comments as I don't think he realises how rude he's being by implying I laze around all day (I don't), or that I don't work as hard as he does (I do!). I can feel my defences going up when he makes comments like that. As I am quite well spoken, I have worked really hard to overcome those sort of assumptions that I sit on my arse all day, and am actually quite successful in my chosen field!
We have only had 3 dates and apart from the jibes about me doing nothing, things are going well. Am I just being over sensitive, or should I raise this as an issue? And more importantly, how? Do I just let the little jokes slide? I'm wary of being too forward about that sort of thing. Any advice?