(had to blog 'cuz wiki wouldn't let me add this comment after Andrew's and Fatboy's comments...odd)

I'm not sure what the overall effect will be, nor am I a professional, but so far, it seems to have gotten under her skin.
As I didn't call her back last night, she sent me a txt message as early as 7:15 a.m. this morning - "I left 2 messages last night. Call me when you can."
I didn't call. At about 8:00 a.m., I sent a very impersonal e-mail: "Son is fine. Has a cough. Won't see you tomorrow or this weekend-no big deal. Your mother will be visiting tonight and tomorrow."
No salutation or

Well...after my x2b making it obvious that she can go without communicating, here's how things played out over the last couple days.

As I mentioned before, she sent the txt message "will call u later..." on Friday afternoon.  I drove to Vegas with my son Saturday morning and arrived in time for some Halloween trick-or-treating at a neighborhood shopping center.  I dressed him up in his Red Power Ranger costume and he was ecstatic!  I took a camera-phone picture of him doing his best superhero pose (impressive for a 2 ½ year old!) and sent it to Mommy's cell and e-mail address.  This was

So, it's obvious that we are continually growing apart. My wife's absence makes it easier for her to block me (and my son) out of her thoughts. Or so I'm assuming, at least. How else could she go for days at a time without even calling to see how he's doing? I know that's just an excuse for me, as I want her to call me to just say "hi", so that my hopes are not destroyed.

I'm currently in Las Vegas with friends. It's 8:40 a.m. on a Sunday morning. The last communication I received from her was a text message last Friday "Will call u later...". There have been no calls or text messages