Her money quote last night was "Why can't we just have a normal conversation?"
What was this in reply to?
It came up when she was saying that she was upset because I hadn't spoken to her much when she was gone.
I think you're right about how me giving her space is taken the wrong way. She sees it as me withdrawing, shutting down. And that probably makes her feel uncomfortable opening up to me. But even when I'm totally involved, she doesn't like to open up.
