HP I have to agree with SolidMechanic here, anxiety is his monster which shows up as avoiding. Your description of H spackeling and SM's post about anxiety hit a nerve in me somehow, but that is just me.
I finally figured out he went down to our basement to do a little spackling. Next time you can ask Mr HP if you needed any spackelling somewhere, but tell him he has to lick it off to get to the good stuff?