Dad is back...

[zoomama]

His bishop picked him up from the hotel this morning and brought him home. Of course, neither he nor mom bothered to tell anyone that this had happened. I finally called about 6 pm to see what was going on and he answered the phone

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[bearpaw9]

These two parts really fit together:

"assume that running off and hiding and refusing your wife's phone calls is normal and not supposed to affect anyone at all?"

"Mom seemed to want to forget about the whole incident."

He gets a Get Out Of Consequences Free card if she is too intimidated or too tired or too something to confront him.

[zoomama]

Yep. You've hit the nail on the head. Avoidance of issues is a big thing in their marriage.