Should your uncle arouse your ire if he exaggerates a favour he’s done you?

You stay in your uncle’s apartment and pay him rent at the prevailing market rate.

You stay in your uncle’s apartment and pay him rent at the prevailing market rate. He tells everybody that you live at his place, but omits to mention the fact that your cheque reaches him well on time every month. It irks you because it makes you look like a freeloader. Yet, it is his place undoubtedly and it saved you the trouble of house hunting. So, are you being over-sensitive?