lostlove, I'd like it to be just slump but when he said that I wasn't happy either, with EITHER being the opperative word that tells me he's not again. We have made a lot of progress and I can tell from his email tonight that he is not feeling totally distant and detached like he was a time of bomb 21 months ago. He was very done then, his words and boy could I tell. He was not happy to hear from me back then. the thing is I've always had to pry everyting out of him and I still am having to do that. Lisa