New to this Community seeking advice

[JR09]

Back to the grind. I really enjoyed my time with the boys. 5 days is short, but it was 5 days in heaven. I did see my W twice: when she dropped off the kids and when she picked them up.

She was mad at me both times. The first time was when she didn't take this backpack I bought for her for her school. The second time was when I told her I got the boys new FREE phones since I qualified for an upgrade with our phone carrier. As I was driving home, she texted me 3 times telling me she was mad at me for wasting more money on cell phones the boys couldn't even use because the area code was different from the place they live in, and none of their friends would call them because they had a long distance area code.

I told her she's been mad at me for 2 years no matter what I say or do anyway. I was very nice in my text reply and acknowledged her point. Then I just said I wasn't mad at her at all because I missed and loved her.

Yesterday, the boys were texting me all day. Even my youngest S7 called me out of the blue to just say Hi. I told the boys and W I managed to switch their cell phone area codes to their place of residence. My W didn't fire back at me for a change. She seemed to be pleased without really showing it over the phone. Maybe my remark about her being always mad made a difference somewhere...