Hi Arthur,

I took a different approach I sent W a txt.

Lan: How long the not talking cos if I use your words it's all very childish. (W had called me childish in one of her previous rants).

Well W didn't repsond to the txt but she did utter a few words when she got home but shes still very stand offish. One of the problems W has is when we get into one of these downward spirals she doesn't know how to get out of it, and if you read any of my very early post this could go on for months,the longest was one year. I always offer W an out in the end but she doesn't always take it.

Anyway since the start of this year I've decided not to get drawn into W's drama's, I've stopped chasing her tail (although when I get a piece of it I can't complain). In the main it goes ok but I get the feeling outside forces are bothering her, but I'm not gonna snoop or anything like that to find out(14 monts since I last snooped).

Instead I'm just concentrating on D7 and my todo list for 2009, big things for D7 are teach her to swim, ride a bike and improve her maths. Around the house I've put up the blinds, fixed the house alarm, I've sorted the sat nav and I'm now looking for a new technical challenge. So I've enough going to keep my mind off W. Although when things get back to normal I think I will have some form of talk with if I can but these talks usually end with her getting all defensive and not saying much.

So although things are in a bit of a slump I'm not too worried cos somone like you Arthur has shown that the worst case scenario is survivable.


Lanzo