Just finished this thread. Really really good advice. I feel like we've had very very good communication since I went dark on talking about fixing it. This past week/weekend especially. He told me he was still chuckling about a text I sent him.
So I tried to look at why...I was being myself, I was being funny, and I was making reference to something no one else would get. Not a personal joke but something from our shared history.
But after looking at this week the majority of our convos I've initiated so I'm detaching a bit from that...I don't know if it's the right thing to do since our communication has been so good lately....tough decision.