Why does my boyfriend pull away when I'm sad or upset?

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When I'm happy, we can text/talk all night long. Considering I'm often happy, that means we're often communicating happily. When he's upset, I'll work to make him happy again. But when I'm upset, he sends a few ":(" texts but doesn't really do anything besides that... and it feels like he doesn't expend energy in trying to make me feel better but just withdraws. And when I'm sad, this just makes me sadder and angrier and I sometimes (like today) take it out on him. So why does he do this? :/
Why does my boyfriend pull away when I'm sad or upset?
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