I was going to suggest grunting back, but I see job beat me to it. Keeping some banana's on hand to offer him when appropriate might prove quite comical too. At some point you just have to have some fun with it all or it gets to be too much.

Is H still doing the cooking? Is he working on any projects?

M: A really long time.
Crisis: 5 years.
She's still worth it.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl