Do you think he feels like you are trying to control him by giving him those tapes? My H sometimes feels like that. Even if we talk about it and he is expecting it, once I give him the item we were talking about, he is suddenly surprised. I have found that if I ask him for his help understanding something about (the tapes, book, etc) he will (listen/read) and get back to me. It puts him in control of doing it when he wants to, and then helping out poor little me.
