He surely needs to recognize the gift that you are to him. And that each and every step you take toward pleasing him in the way that he wants is a great gift. Does he feel this way?
No, I am not him but the answer would seem to be no. he says he never should have had to tell me, I should just know. So when I then do something he just is rolling his eyes basically. He has so much self hatred that he cannot feel me at all.