Thinker,
I think you did/are doing great. Detached. Mysterious, and, yes, "Just the facts, Ma'am." Being everything you should be but "husbandly." Too much info, perhaps. Where'd you go? Out. Couple of drinks with a friend .

She doesn't like mysterious. She is threatened and seems a bit pursuing.
"If it does not pertain to kids, house, finances, I don't owe you any answers or explanations." perhaps?

Keep Going.


"

Gardener

"My soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own."
Cyrano deBergerac