Quoting lostlove: h must be doing some thinking...when I looke outside aroun 4 h was already out there...it is now 6 h has been out there chopping wood since...
I kept thinking of this scene you described. I understood that last time he did this, it was about OW. But as you sensed OW is getting out of pictures, what is this all about?
What I said you may not agree with. But what your H was doing strikes me as he was trying to show love, with the only love language he knows of, or he is comfortable with. That was what I did before my W dropped the bomb. I suspect that if I was doing something I feel guilty to my W, I could have done similar things to avoid her while "showing love".
I guess I don't know everything of your H, but from the convo you had, he seems to care a lot of you. Your attempt to show him what you need using analogies was great. The only thing I would say is it will take some time. It takes a while to learn a new language, spoken or love. But I see your H is trying. And it seems to me your talking about it last night filled something in your love tank...