I'll definitely do compliments but I don't want to lay it on as thick as I did last time. He retreated big time after that.
Sunscreen these days comes in a spray and H prefers those much more to anything else so there'll be no touching.
Being as dark as I can be, sort of following his lead. When he's chatty I'm chatty (though he doesn't ask a single question), when he withdraws I just let him go into the silence.
I sure could use some signs of encouragement from him though. I feel like I'm slowly drowning.