to worry about DH not being in contact

[HedgehogintheFog]

...since he left for the office this morning. I know I am. I am a worrier. One of my common worries is that something will happen to the people I love, especially DH. I try not to let it have too much impact on my life and usually I manage quite well. However, today I am struggling. He went off to the office. I messaged him a question on Whatsapp about dinner tonight (whether to defrost chicken or not) and it has not been delivered. His 'last seen' was before he left the house.

After two hours, I emailed him the same question to his work email. Still no response.

My rational brain tells me his phone is out of charge or Whatsapp is not working, and he is in a meeting or (shock horror) actually working at work. My irrational fears tell me something awful has happened to him. I have done next to no work all morning, distracted with worry.

We are TTC. How am I going to cope with a child if I worry this much about DH not being logged into Whatsapp???

"I usually worry about it at night, or first thing in the morning, rarely whilst I’m actually working"

Ruminating is common in anxiety disorders.

Tbf I think it depends on your patterns of behaviour with your partner/husband i.e if he normally texts you back quickly or you discuss dinner etc. Then I would be worried. My DH will go for hours not telling me stuff and neither does he often have dinner with me- has it out instead, he will often tell me he is staying in a hotel for the night due to working hours being so long and working late in to the night, so I don't expect much in the week tbh. I am.the same though.