@RW - yesh, it's crazy. He started raising his voice tonight at S again and when I brought it up, swears it's totally different than what he was telling me this morning. WTF????? I swear our MC is mostly a translator!
@Freckle - lol! Stepford replies? Shoot me now, please. -what is PITA? -Yeah, the fours were awful! Two was a breeze - they can't talk back at that age!
Today H took S and I flying (he's a pilot in his off time). I couldn't believe I was invited. I hadn't been since August. We had a lovely day and got along great. I was so happy that without thinking I leaned over and kissed his cheek when I said thanks and bye. He actually kissed my cheek back. I shouldn't read much into it. However, he would have run with utter repulsion a month or two ago.
H was here tonight and we "talked". I brought up about his angry tone and how when he says "I don't care" it really hurts. He didn't get how I FEEL, but he did try to listen and remind me that he doesn't mean he doesn't care about me in the general sense, but that he's actually trying to be "cool" like he doesn't care what I do and I'm free to do what I want. He admitted he remembered this was brought up before from our MC a year ago. He also said that although it would help if I could not personalize it, the other half is that he could communicate more politely.
woohoo! Commuciation success! He still didn't get my feelings completely, but it cracked open the door to further discussions, IMO.
Now he's going back into his cave for the weekend - but the vibe although not romantic, continues to steer toward the calm. Optimistic. (if still affection starved!)
