Steve_, we have been over the rules of engagement before:

"If she calls, let it go to VM. If it is important she will leave a VM or follow-up with a text. If she doesn't follow-up with a text then it it wasn't important. If she texts do not respond right away. If it is a question, answer it in as few words as possible, yes or no questions get yes or no answers."

You broke those rules in every way. Calling her back. Texting back a thumbs up to the feet and Jeopardy text. Steve_ you say:

"I just want to contact less and less until she gets the hint I don’t want to talk. "

So how does calling her back, and then texting her the thumbs up help her get that hint? Here is a hint: IT DOESN'T!

Your biggest problem all this time is being way too available to her, being way to communicative with her, and saying way too much when you do engage! If you just had to call her back (and you didn't) then this is how it should have gone:

Quote

Her: oh hey, your son has been torturing me these whole 3 days. Driving me crazy...
You: So you feel that your 7 year-old son is torturing you. Got it. I have to go.
Her: It is hard having to mom alone.
You: I understand that it is difficult to be a single parent. I really have to go. -hangup-


What a difference that would make. Who cares that she has the news on? And the $300 exchange would never have happened if you had just hung up.

Glad to hear you had a good session with the IC. Have you mentioned that you suffer from a bad case of Nice Guy Syndrome? That you need help working through that and getting to a place where you aren't calling her back and texting her emojis?

M(53), W(54),D(19)
M-23, T-25 Bomb Drop - Dec.23, 2017
Ring and Piecing since March 2018