Well, my D was pretty recent so my perspective is to be taken with a grain of salt but the good part of the exchange you had is that he did call to let you know he would be late. Something my ex sorely resented ever doing. As far as the uh-huh response remember the movie Ghost when the guy always answered ditto to ILY because he was uncomfortable with saying that? It wasn't because he didn't feel it he just couldn't say it.
