Distance

My husband recently spent the last two days following me around the house giving me sad/concerned eyes every time he spoke with me and kept saying how "concerned" he was about me and how I seemed to be "distant" lately. He kept coming up to me and giving me encouraging hugs and looking deeply into my eyes and making comments about "being there for me" if I needed to talk.

While I appreciate the sentiments I was completely baffled by this odd behavior since I did not think I was acting any differently than I normally do. It was sweet on the first day and irritating by the second which may have accounted for the "distance" he was feeling. Despite my protests that honestly, I am FINE, maybe a bit tired but FINE. He continued to act as though I was the lone survivor of some traumatic event until this morning, when after going to bed early and getting about 11 hours of solid sleep, I apparently was in a chipper mood. To which he commented that he was glad to find me in better spirits and even went so far as to send me an encouraging "keep up the good attitude" email at work this afternoon.

And I STILL don't think I was acting any differently than I do on any normal day! I know he wasn't just fishing for some extra nookie because his approach on that is usually very direct and he seemed really concerned about me. I don't know what prompted the extra attention but I suppose it is good to know I can count on him looking out for me in a crisis. Despite that though, I am relieved it is over because I was starting to get really tried of trying to explain that really, I am fine. No, not that kind of womanly fine, but really ok. So please, just lay off and help me with the dishes already.