It might not hurt for her to think that maybe you're getting a little p!ssed off. It might not hurt for her to NOT know that you were doing laundry and that was the reason that you didn't reply to her first text. Get her wondering what is going on in your head... what you are doing that you are no longer jumping to answer her.
You're going to say, 'well denver, that may get her upset. It may push her farther away. It may be the final straw."
blah... if she is going to divorce you, it isn't because you didn't answer a text message, or because you become a little mysterious to her.
We want to start confusing her. Right now, she knows that you are there for her if she decides to come back. She KNOWS it, man. She THINKS that she has a made a decision to leave you. She THINKS that she wants to be with OM. She THINKS that she is sure that this is what she wants, for now at least.
If you become mysterious, outgoing, vague, a riddle almost... she may begin to spend more time thinking about you, what you are doing, what you are thinking, rather than those thoughts above.
Just catching up on your sitch afa, but HAD to point this out ^^^ Denver gives fantastic advice, and this is some of the most important.
Trust me, I KNOW how badly it s*cks to do thinks that may anger your W or cause her to stop contacting you... Hell, I'm going through it and struggling now and again as I write this... But I also know that none of these tiny exchanges will be "The Straw"... and heck, if the R is so fragile that not responding to a text will cause a D, I don't think any of us want to be in that R... More when I catch up!