I love my hubby. We'll have been married a year 10-14. My husband has a huge problem. 1. He can't keep a secret. If he has a gift or suprise for me, he gives it away. He's not subtle with hints or as clever as he thinks. 2. He can't take a hint. He think he's getting me something I've had my eye on but its not it at all. Example. I wanted a diamond tennis bracelet for Mother's day. I said: (while watching the commercial for the item I want) Ohhhh! I have always wanted a diamond tennis bracelet and Kohl's has them on sale! Maybe I'll get myself one for Mother's day. He says ok princess. I hear you. Fast forward to MD and its diamond earrings. Not what I wanted at all... I'll see something I want and say HINTY HINT HINT (yes those words and that way). He says ok honey, I hear you but he has yet to buy me what I hint at/want. Aside from giving him a list, I'm out of options. Like I'll get him stuff I know he wants like items for his bar he's building. I actually listen to him and study him for his likes and dislikes. I'm not a great mystery or hard to buy for like he says (that came out when he seen I wasn't using items he got AND when I sat him down and told him how I felt). What can I do?

Point to know: we sat down and had a conversation about what words could we use to help when it comes to gifts. I mentioned not at length, how we had a talk (more of a blow up) where he told me i was ungrateful, a flip flopper, and hard to please BECAUSE I came clean and told him how I returned gifts I didnt use or got what I wanted. He told me how that hurt him and made him feel so we sat down and decided how to move forward so i dont feel dismissed and slighted. Thats getting lost in the conversation. I used the live languages book to help him see how we communicate love and how we can help our partner love us.