Ooops, I see we cross posted. I see you pretty much figured out what I had posted.

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I have let h know that if he would prefer that i spend time at home with him he need only speak up..does not mean that I wont still go out but I would like for him to let me know. h is still trying to give me space and doesn't realize that unlike him...i like to be called and I'd like to be reminded that I'm wanted.

He may be thinking he is doing the right thing by saying it is OK for you to go out, but doesn't have the honed DB skills to pick up that is not what is best. In order to bring you closer together, at first, it is you who has to point out that it doesn't work, discuss how to arrive at a solution together. In time and with practice, he will get the hang of it enough to start initiating some of these things on his own.