Initiating conversations IRT "us"? That may be possible. But conversations in general, not really. Between the kids. Despite being physically separated, I see her at least once a day 6 days a week, some days I see her 2 or 3 times.
The "going dark" has always bugged me because to me it feels like going silent is almost just a passive-aggressive reaction to her saying or doing something I didn't like.
M:33 W:36 T:10 M:7 D8, D6 EA->PA (me) July/Aug '16 W move out 8/30/16 Recon M 9/7/16 S0 (miscarried) 9/13/16 W moved back 9/17/16 BD/WAW 6/24/17 while out of town Home to empty apartment 6/27/17