How (and who) to expose if OP is not married

[4luv]

This is random but I was thinking about some of the conversations that I have had with husband this past week and trying to see what led him to NC with me. During one of our conversations we were casually talking and I slipped and called him a pet nickname I used to call him but stopped last year when he first became distant. At the time of our marital problems, husband told me not to call him the pet nickname.

Well, during the weekend of MIL's bday party, husband went back to calling me the pet nickname he had for me. I didn't mention and thought that maybe it just slipped the few times that he called me that. Anyway, when I slipped and called husband my pet nickname for him over the phone on thursday I said "oops, sorry. that slipped..I know you told me not to call you that."

Husband goes on to say that he doesn't remember telling me not to call him that. I said you probably don't remember alot of things you said to me last year. Husband then said well did you notice that I called you your pet nickname this past weekend. I said yes but I thought you just slipped up.

As I am typing this, I realize that this conversation probably didn't have THAT much weight on husband deciding to go NC with me but some part of me thinks that he was slowly getting close to me, testing the waters and then he felt too close so now he is backing away again.

I will stop rambling now :-)