My wife gave me 20 days of silent treatment, so I quietly moved out and left one note behind. It started after a long shift when I walked into a messy kitchen and asked if we could clean it together. She snapped, grabbed her things, and told me not to expect her to talk to me until I learned respect. At first I thought it would blow over, but it didn’t. The next day I tried to talk, nothing. The day after, same thing. After a while I realized it wasn’t about what I said, it was about getting a r