[papertyger]

He must be careful to not entirely shut her out but always have some sort of open door to allow re-entry.

I think it's a tad pedantic to give such cautionary tips. I thing we all know "not speaking to her" is pretty much the colloquial way of saying "she can talk to me any time she likes, but she knows what the subject will be, and how it will turn out if we're going speak of anything else ever again."

[TigersEye]

I thing we all know "not speaking to her" is pretty much the colloquial way of saying "she can talk to me any time she likes, but she knows what the subject will be, and how it will turn out if we're going speak of anything else ever again."

You're making too much sense. Who the heck let you in here?