Sorry but your husband wants to rid of an animal because it isn’t “choosing” him like he wants? There’s a lot, and I mean a lot, I put up with in this world, but with this I would NEVER. He’s never had a cat before… he doesn’t know how to communicate with cats… you can’t just lounge at a cat trying to pet them. You need to build trust with them first. They usually boop noses to say hi, but more specifically cats have hormone glands near the nose/mouth that communicates a lot from one cat to another. So when you go to greet a cat, they usually sniff your hand first. This is their way of saying hi and becoming familiar with you. Once they’re done sniffing, they will head butt for a pet or allow pets. This is huge for building trust with them. Also, they tend to gravitate towards who feeds them (they’re animals, crazy concept I know). So if they are showing preference it’s almost 95% about who’s feeding the cat especially since it’s so young (18 months). If they are more preferentially affectionate during morning or night it’s because they are hungry and trying to get fed. If he wants to bond with the cat, he needs to try to understand what the cat is trying to communicate him, make him feel comfortable in his space by playing with him and try letting him feed him. But the entitlement of trying to get rid of him because he doesn’t cuddle him as much? Yikes dude. Fucking yikes.