It looks/feels like a 'reconnection' but its more like a check, they come in hard and use all those things they feel we want, draws us in ... "tough" and once they feel we are still right where they left us emotionally they go ... My W had several of these ... once I took them for what they were worth as Cadet points out .. it was not as bad .. detached and unphased I did not feel like I was duped.