Bets - All this validation, and Mr. Butthead didn't even comment on my shoveling or red freezing ears...
Could that be because his receiving love language is quality time, not acts of service? So while you were out there shoveling the snow from his car, he was inside fuming that you wouldn't come in and spend dinner time with him? If so, then he certainly wouldn't be giving you words of affirmation about your great act of service, now would he?
As for the math thing - my kids ALWAYS ask me for help with their math. Whem dad offers, they say no, they want mom. When he insists, they end up asking for me anyway! Poor guy is getting a complex. Not his fault, though - I've had to relearn algebra twice now, with the older two kids, he hasn't done it in ages - becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
