I find it so funny - we went for many months, even over a year on at least two occasions, without any contact during the last 8 years
I was sorely tempted to say that a band of pixies dressed in green uniforms translocated it
But you are probably right - he finds this safer than speaking. As for OW2 - I neither know nor care what she thinks. She has to deal with him on a day to day basis, not me, and for that I am grateful. I suspect he doesn't tell her. And he is so paranoid about security that I do not think she would be able to snoop, even if she wanted to. I am sure OW1 snooped, but OW2 seems to be a nicer person.
He actually emails, not texts, as where I live is so remote that there isn't a mobile signal at the house (I can pick up messages about 100 -200 yards away). People find it strange but you get used to it.
Xh is clearly renovating this house to spend more time in it but what has prompted it I do not know. And second guessing these guys is not possible.