Sounds a bit trite, doesn't it, but they are gestures she had stopped doing all together now for weeks ... so why today?
Maybe because of what you did last night? Maybe the bit of distancing, and taking care of your needs first?
Who knows, but it's worth "experimenting" with, and trying it again, don't you think?
Maybe tonight you can get halfway closer, not pull back quite so far, and see what happens. Then, try the last night thing again in a couple of days.
Maybe kinda "hit-and-run" on this, and keep mixing it up every night, or a couple of times during each night.
"Why ask why"? You may have found something that works, so go with it!! Do it till it don't work no more, and then keep it mind that it may just work again sometime!!
You're more of a "master" than you realize!!
JJ
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