Surviving Separation

[slow_it_down]

I've been enjoying being pursued for a change over the past few days... Now something confusing has come along and I felt like a deer in headlights totally at a loss for how to respond!

I mentioned to my H that I'm staying w/ my folks the next few days until i deliver bc I'm not comfortable being home alone w/ my help being 45 min+ away when I go ino labor. This is my 3rd so getting someone to watch my kids and getting to the hospital quickly could be an issue.

Now here's where it gets confusing.

His reply "I know it doesn't matter much anymore but I should have tried harder w/ us. I'm sorry but I should be the one taking you to the hospital."

So that's it? No " how do we work this out?" No, how do I fix things?"... Just straight to him making it sound like he's bummed that its too late.

In my mind I wanted to say "so try harder now, this isn't over." But I can't tell if he meant he's over it or if he thinks I wouldn't take him back. So I did my best to avoid the subject.

I've spent a lot of time thinking of how a conversation would go if he came to me and said he wanted to work on things. This really has me thrown off. I don't want to plant the seed that I'd still like to work things out bc I've told him that in the past. I think I'm just going to avoid volunteering my thoughts on this for now, continue being friendly and supportive and see where he takes this next.

Any other thoughts?