Oh, I know what I really wanted. I wanted him to be concerned enough for my safety that when he noticed I wasn't home, yet (which would be a red flag for me and I would have called him), knowing that I was only walking a mile and he was riding 20, and it should have taken him longer than it did me had I not stopped, that he should have the sense of curiousity to at least CHECK his phone, and if he hadn't heard from me at all to give me a call to find out if I was alright.

He was just being a bonehead. Sometimes he "checks out" at home and I have to remind him that he is a part of the household. This is a symptom of it beginning to happen again. I love my husband, and we didn't fight about it--we discussed it, and he forgot to apologize, and after almost 20 years of marriage I shouldn't have to ask for a little consideration.

It is a (small letters) big deal to me but not enough to make a BIG DEAL out of it with him, and talking it over here is helping to excise the aggravation. I'll get over it.

Karen