Actually your hubby sounds a bit like mine. Mine actually hands me the remote control to the TV anytime we're watching...I don't ask for it, he just hands it over.
I consider this the symbolic handing over of control to me. He also rarely makes a decision to where to eat, what he wants for dinner etc. He's working on that though as I've explained to him that I make many decisions all day long (as does he) and I don't always want to be stuck with all the decisions at home. I've explained to him that sometimes it's actually a relief for him to tell me what he would prefer for dinner so I can just fix it.
