I know it's hard when the responses you get are sarcastic or evasive. I've learned (and mostly do) to just say something like "okey dokey" (not so much a man's phrase possibly) when I get something like this. Or if I got no response, I might ask if he was feeling quiet just so I knew he heard. I tended to limit the latter b/c for the most part I knew he did hear me. The trick is in letting it go. I know it's hard. It's not something I have to deal with currently and while these things seemed to work ok for me, you may need to modify them or use something completely differnt for you.
