Also, right now he has made a habit of contacting me regularly to check up on what I'm doing and how I am, and I've been responding. It's been hit or miss...sometimes I'm warm, other times I wait longer to reply, sometimes I lose all control and really tell him all about himself.
We are on what I would call an "upswing" right now since I've been less available but it seems to be sliding me back into old ways. H has been calling all day (which I've been craving) "just to see how I am" as though we are "friends" but sometimes I'll ignore him because it's so many calls and I know he's temp checking! After the 2nd or 3rd call, I'll answer and he'll be a little miffed I didn't answer, saying "I tried to call you earlier...(silence as if to imply I need to give a reason for this ignorance)" and I usually tell him my phone was in the other room or I was doing dishes, etc. We talk for a little while and I'll say, "well, I'm going to go and try to get ready for work and get the little girl ready, be careful!" and he'll say, "alright, sorry I'm bothering you..." and then it just gets very awkward. We chit chat all day right now but when I don't answer a phone call, he will retaliate by not answering my phone calls. If I don't text back quickly, he will clap back by ignoring my response when it does come through. It's all so childish and so confusing.
