As for her new ID badge picture...did she get a new job, or just a new ID picture. If my W had sent me that, I would have commented on the badge, not the picture. Commenting on how cute she looks in her picture is what she was looking for. It would have been an opportunity for me to flip the tables with a little humor added (but that's me and my W, not yours). Just trying to say that there are alternative ways to respond that aren't what she was looking for, but not completely ignoring her either.
I probably would have responded "well, its official, if you have an ID badge, they're keeping you." But don't acknowledge the picture...because that's what she wanted you to see.
