Thank you Alison, what a kind thing to do for your H. Why are they so cruel?

Well we had a nice lunch, I ate lots because I was going out later and knew I'd miss dinner. I was chirpy and interested in what he had to say, validated the heck out of stuff he said (all work stuff, nothing personal, but then he has not much except work anyway right now). I had a really nice dress on and obviously red lipstick (not expensive stuff like yours, lol, just Boots stuff :)) He wished me a good trip away and we had a peck on the cheek and then I was a bit stupid and blew him a kiss. But actually, I do that to my friends all the time, I'm a very demonstrative person. It was more habit than anything. I probably do it to the local shopkeepers TBH. Then I went to find a pub to work in and chatted to a friend via Whatsapp (the one I'm meeting in Europe on Friday) and then I went off to a social group, I'd arranged to meet my new friend from the last one. There weren't many people there but that was quite nice, because we got to talk to most people there. They were a very varied, nice bunch and I had some interesting conversations. Unlike the last one, it didn't have a dating vibe, just people wanting to chat and meet new people. I got the number of another woman there and I've made vague arrangements to meet up with her and my other new friend. I chatted to a couple of men there and enjoyed that, nothing flirtatious or anything just nice to have male company. One chap was late 20s and he ended up pouring his heart out to me about how his girlfriend had left him saying she wanted to be single and he is devastated and can't sleep. As you can imagine, I empathised a lot smile I didn't discuss my H, just my kids a little bit. Practiced lots of validation, I will be an expert in it soon!
So that was an ok day. I think I felt like H was a bit distant, I preferred it when we used to hug goodbye but maybe I need to instigate that not him. I hug my friends goodbye but with him it seems to have turned into a peck on the cheek which is not very satisfying for me (might be all he could manage, he's never been tactile). I forgot to ask him about dinner instead of lunch but I texted him afterwards telling him which night I'm free next week and I'll let him know at some stage that evenings suit me better mostly.

Anyway, feeling relatively detached still, looking forward to my long weekend away immensely!