that right there would absolutely kill me. i can see how the silent treatment would make for a very effective punishment (or part of a punishment), but it would drive me nuts. to have him ignore me for a certain period of time...the whole while my brain is in overload drumming up the worst possible scenarios and outcomes. ~shaking my head~ i would die. the being ignored probably isn't the part that would bother me so much... it's the knowing that i'd upset him so much that he felt the need to distance himself from me that would do me in.