FM, her last email asking me to pick up DD's stuff from school for the weekend seemed a bit like chit-chat. I don't think she had to say any of it. Her last sentence thanking me and wishing us a good weekend with the exclamation point was a bit of friendly gesture...I think(?).

Should I ignore that email or say 'thanks for reminding me because I forget sometimes'? Why'd she write it? Is she feeling guilty? Is she anticipating a long lonely weekend for herself? is she trying to gauge how I'm doing? is she starting a conversation so she knows our whereabouts for the weekend?

At what point should there be any 'friendly chit-chat' or a friendly response from me? I'm not good at this but something tells me that I should ignore her last email for now and stay dark until towards the end of the weekend and then offer the b-day idea.

Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6
Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks
Aug 2006, left again
Apr 2007, filed for divorce
Dec 2007, reunited
Mar 2010, moved out, filed again