I pray for him to be more helpful. I pray for him to share more of the affection that you love getting and to know that you want more affection. I know you are telling him how much you trust and respect him and that builds up his valor. I don't know why I say this but life is like an opera. The best ones you have to add a pinch of drama into, and razzle and stacatto also, ; than it takes on it's life of it's own without any work. It usually (has to start out "corney"-than it got started) I am suggesting you try that path because guys just love that, even though if you asked them they would laugh and tell you other wise, guys like it a lot. It's like the I love Lucy and the Honey Mooners, I sware that could be it so corney, simple and hokey pokey are they, but meltable like a stick of butter and luscious no matter how many years older they got, they are big mushies, even the meanest ones, are like melted butter on corn, at the show on saturday afternoon. Men loved being real old fashioned. Even the hip guys just want to revert to it like papa knows best, leave it to beaver, and mayberry rfd. sweet sweet sweet pie eatin men, boys eatin cookies an milk, real men ar jus lil boys breakin windows, yup, that's what they are. sure enough ..........................