My former husband used to storm out in an annoyed huff and then not speak to me. When we were married, I always worked to get him to talk to or engage with me in any way. Once we were separated but still living in the same house, I stopped trying to reconnect. I asked him directly if he was mad about something and if he wanted to talk about it. He answered with a clipped “no”. So, I told him that since I knew he wouldn’t lie to me that I believed him. I told him I wouldn’t ask again and left him to his sulk. I acted as my normal chipper and happy self and ignored his mood. Next time he got moody, he walked out in the middle of a discussion about one of our children and went to his bedroom. I cooked myself some dinner (nothing left over for him) and then went to the movies by myself. He blew up my phone during the movie asking where I went. I ignored him. When I got home, we had a civil, adult conversation. He never used that tactic with me again. Divorced now and friendly enough to enjoy a good catching up chat. I guess the key for me was I no longer cared about the relationship and knew it was over. If I were working on the marriage, it wouldn’t have been as easy to break his pattern.