Time together..

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I am hoping to get a lot of responses on this topic since my friends all agree with how I feel and my boyfriends friends generally side with him (whether he is right or wrong-- haha). We've been together for a year and a half and live together. He is home every night, and doesn't often go out with friends.. Once a month he has the guys night out and can leave in the afternoon and come home when he wants to. I don't require a "girls night out"-- my peace and girl time is primarily when he goes out. Other than his night out he has various hobbies (working in the garage, yard work, house work, etc) and his job that takes up time. Our issue is this: Through the month he could go without spending "us" time together, such as watching a movie, going out to a nice dinner, going on a date, etc UNLESS I remind him that he needs to do that. We don't have a bad relationship-- this is our major problem. I think he should initiate spending some time with me without me asking him, or reminding him since he's been out late for the last 4 nights that it would be nice to sit down and eat dinner together or cook together or just talk.. Is this a normal guy thing? I guess I'm wondering if I should just get over this whole thing and not take so much offense to having to be the planner and organizer in our relationship. We're busy people, he is helping my dad take care of our property and we both work full time.. I have hobbies and interests that I persue without him and he does the same. But sometimes I get overwhelmed with the routine mundane, and it would be so awesome and such a relief if he would take the reins and take care of me for once! Am I thinking too much into this? Do I need to let it go and attribute it to the fact that he's a boy and we're programmed differently? I feel so stupid talking about this but I just wanted to get it off my chest and get feedback from people that I dont interact with every day. Comments are appreciated!