The flirting is a good sign. I agree with JDV that he probably did some soul searching (men's way meaning probably he didn't go anywhere because he was having fun with his buddies). No, he probably does not have the answer but it was a break for him, so that's good. I just notice that during R talk, my H would be all game for it until it drags on too long, then he gets defensive and say all the "wrong" things. I used to take all that in and feel very bad. funny I don't notice till now. I have decided to make a real effort to ignore it, or better yet limit R talks to a very short time.
I would suggest hold off a few more days if you can and if possible, wait for him to initiate R talk. Don't want him to think, "Geez, I just came back from a great trip and immediately I have to deal with your talking on R."
