When life hands you lemons add alcohol and stir!

[MichelleLT]

He called to tell you he'd be late. That's great! Take it as that.

He's never been verbally demonstrative, so *shrugs* neutral there.

I occasionally pull the ditto thing on Roger. Or the "as you wish" Princess Bride reference. And he does the same to me. It's not always about the ILYs.

It's been a year and while things aren't perfect, he's there.

Good for you on noticing your trigger. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. That would drive me nuts as well!

And I'm loving the introspection on whether you are either distancing yourself or at the very least contributing to the distance you perceive.

Time to take some action to reconnect.