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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't matter whether OP's wife's level of contact is the industry standard.  What matters is that the person she's married to, OP, needs more contact to feel happy and connected, and she is (a) denying him that very simple thing; and (b) appearing to BS about it.

I like getting an email every morning when my SO is on travel. It doesn't matter that he's planning to call later in the morning; I like waking up to an email.  He was in that habit for a long time, then fell out of it and started just calling.  I told him "I really loved waking up to your long morning emails when we're in different time zones.  That made me so happy.  Would you start doing that again?"  And he did. And he was really happy I'd told him a way to make me happy, and meant it, and was grateful.

People give their loved ones the kind of love they want and need.  If you like back rubs it doesn't matter if the Official Relationship Manual says no one is entitled to a back rub.  If you ask your partner for the back rub because it makes you happy, and they *want* to make you happy, they give back rubs.

OP wants phone contact.  There doesn't seem to be any indication that OP's wife couldn't figure out a way to be in contact every so often.  She just won't give it.  Whether we have a basic human right to a phone call isn't the thing.  Good partners want to make their partners happy, and that should go double for when you've left your partner alone with the kids for an extended time period.  [/quote]

You managed to put everything down I've been thinking about this situation in one post!!! +1000 [/quote]

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