I've been pretty detached the last few days, enough for her to stop me and ask if she could ask me a question - "Is there something wrong?"
I told her other than the whole EA as usual, no nothing else is wrong, which led to a huge emotional discussion with her (she was emotional and crying, I was not). Maybe it was a mistake to say anything besides "nothing" but she'd see through that, and I'm a pretty straightforward person. I tell it like it is. I told her I was just backing off and letting her be; let her decide if she wants to talk, hug, etc.
I like that.
One question: What do you CALL her EA when you talk to her? "Your affair"? "Your relationship with ______" .... what?