boyfriend hates when i touch him :(

my boyfriend hates whenever i try to cuddle with him, hold his hand, hug him, etc. he literally groaned when i laid next

to him on the couch an hour ago. it's shocking when i can get a single kiss from him after he gets out of work or before we go to bed. he's said stuff like, "i don't want you touching me right now," or "can i cuddle you but can you just not touch me back?" i get very offended and hurt.

i am a person who expresses my love physically, and it's hard when my boyfriend gets irritated when i touch him.

i feel like it's never the right time for him when i try to initiate affection or sex. but whenever he wants it, is when it happens. he's made jokes where he's said that he enjoys sleeping on the couch because "it's comfortable and he gets a break from sleeping with me." it hurts me a lot. i've tried talking to him about it, but he just plays it off and makes me feel like i'm needy. we used to be a long distance relationship, so now that we're together, i like to be able to have that physical connection.

i don't want to live a life with my man where i'm only allowed to touch him on "his time"

any suggestions on what i should do? it hurts my heart so much 😭

ps- what makes it worse is that he cuddles and kisses and loves on his daughters (from another woman) with no problem. he'll ask them to cuddle with him and all that. but once they're in bed and i try to, he complains. i hate that i get jealous.