Okay, so after going through my DR notes, I decided I had to apply some LRT strategies. I can't "go dark," because we live in the same house w/ 2 small children. So I'm going "dim." She came in from her girls' day spa day. "Nice day?" nothing more. I didn't look at her except when I spoke, didn't follow her around, didn't look up from my laptop. When she asked me something, I looked up, replied (2 words for her 5), went back to laptop. Whenever she initiated conversation, I replied. I wasn't bubbly lovey-dovey (oh, how great, what a wonderful day!) or angry sharp.
Just "dim." Short replies. Regular voice.
Then she has the audacity to ask, "Is something wrong?"
To which I replied (correctly) "No, of course not. Just catching up on the news I've missed over the past couple weeks." (Of course I wanted to add -- "since you ripped my heart out!"). I then mentioned a couple of the items that interested me, and went back to reading.
She took D to the mall for some new things. I said goodbye to D and looked right at W and said, "O.k., drive safely now."
And she goes away with this quizzical look in her eyes like "what's HIS problem?"
Is this normal? Does WAW really think there's an answer to the question, "Is anything wrong?" Am I living in Bizarro World?
