I don't know if anyone else has noticed this from a walkaway spouse but it seems to be a thing where if I do a step to go dark, H will do it after me and it's almost like an "I can do that too..."

An example is last weekend, I gave my son a huge hug and told him that I wouldn't be calling him that night and to give me a big hug goodnight before he left. Well I told H that I wouldn't be calling them all weekend like we normally do to say goodnight to our son when he is at either of our places. I see our son way more than H does and I know he'd be okay so I was going dark more for me. Well this weekend H has done the exact same thing but normally when he cant call he texts to let me know but I heard nothing. Our son hasn't asked about his dad not calling but I was just curious if this is one of those immature "teenage" snit fit kind of things I hear MLC spouses can do when they aren't in control.


Together for 13 years, married for 8.
H is 46
I'm 40
S is 6
Bombdrop in April 2018
Still in limbo as of 2019