Originally Posted by
Thumper 
The greatest gift I gave myself was to quit communicating in any way except by email.
Very few times did I answer the phone. Usually if he was driving this way and I knew he couldn't email or if the kids were with him. I also got very good at not uttering one word and hanging up if he went off on a tangent.
Yup, I think that that is one gift that I can afford to and need to give myself right now and as of this moment I am determined that that's going to be the sole way we communicate!