Yes you had but my head is much clearer now. I'm glad you posted this. My W is not a talker at all. She has a boatload of other crap in her sandbox that frankly needs fixing but I gave up in that months ago.

I was just thinking how I could start to communicate with her in a different way. Not R talk but other things that need addressing. Like simple things like church or how to alleviate stress of packing for vaca house etc..

I've started to read body language but still make mistakes. But have continued to not engauge.

She called me an ass h*le of a husband a few days ago. Looking back now I wish I addressed that in the moment . I took high road on it.

Thanks again for your reply. This is the path I've been working on.

I always say goodnight to her even though she never does. I want to set positive examples . Same if I'm going to store ask her what she needs. I'm slowly getting my power back. Gal helps and started writing more acoustic tunes