Thanks for your reply. I just feel weird. I am encouraged by his talkative-ness. But in reading replies, am I supposed to completely detach and ignore?
For example, he came home today, came in for no other reason then to say hi. We discussed voting in our area. He then asked me about his truck registration tags. I had not realized we had not received them. He asked if I could help and I asked him to take care of D25 smog and i could look into the truck. Normal household things.
As boring of a convo this is, he is speaking to me. We all know how in the recent past he would come home to hibernate.
I am not thinking that this is it, that he wants back in, but he IS initiating contact. Today marks 6 days in a row with him speaking to me on his own.
Now tomorrow, he informed me he has to work. I didn't ask, nor did I tell him my plans.
I have noticed him being more there for the dogs (as silly as that sounds) and in the morning, I hear him tell D25 (remember, she's sleeping in the living room) goodbye. Or I hear goodnight to her. I have not heard that at all. It is all new behaviors.
I for my part, am going to work, running my errands, cautiously going out on the weekends in the day and as we all know, cooking what I want. I am being friendly.
Heck, maybe he is being friendly because he found OW3. ( I think OW2 fizzled) Maybe he has an exit plan and is happy because of that. I don't know. I cannot exhaust myself wondering. If I did, I could make it a full time job.
Anyway, doing wrong or right, as you know is more of am I DBing or not DBing. I suppose the best way would be complete detachment, but with him living here, there is a measure of cordialness that I am trying to maintain without bending backwards to please him.