this man sounds a lot like my husband, Kiaora.
once, a few years ago,we had a conservatory built, and I wanted to get a plumber (or heating engineer) to fit a radiator in there to run along with our house central heating.But DH said, No; that would mean draining all the radiators.So he went and bought an electric one, which is absolutely and totally useless! But of course, he wouldn't admit he was wrong, although it was blatantly obvious to any fool that he WAS!
His technique is (after all my moaning and grousing), is to fall silent , refuse to discuss, and then TO SULK!!!! Grrrrrrrr!
He has always been like this.I know EXACTLY how you are feeling right now.I used to think I had a volcano building up pressure inside of me, and whenever I was alone in the house, I would smash a few pots to get rid of some pressure.He (and I) are getting on a bit now, and he dosnt sulk quite so much anymore.And I have a full set of pots.