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when I felt rejected, I responded by bending over backwards to reach out to him and make him happy.


Boy oh boy, I hear ya. Why do we do this????

Good job cutting the calls short. If he questions you, maybe accusing you of being rude, just calmly say "Oh I'm sorry, its just that S2 just knocked over a bowl of cereal..." or something of that sort.

I ended the call first tonight with my H and he was surprised as well. Usually I'll hang and hang until he ends it.