Good God, nofearfactor - sounds like my wife and mother in law, and her husband and me. My wife and her mom love to take off and do stuff, and I don't have a problem in the world with it; like you, the silence and free time is golden. They went out of town for a couple of weeks last summer, and my wife and I may have talked on the phone once a day, maybe. But the mother in law's husband about melted down, constantly on the phone with her, calling, checking, calling......good God. He does that even if she's in town, and gone for a few hours. She's his (IIRC) 3rd wife, and I can see why the last two ran off. Grow a pair already, and learn to do by yourself. People need to realize that they should want someone around, rather than need them.