Poor Chris! It depends why you've been away all week!
The area of work Mr Wafflycat is in requires a lot of working away from home at times. The way I look at it, work pays the bills, so if he has to work away/evenings/weekends, then so be it. I just make sure that he knows I appreciate the long hours he puts in which allows him/me/us to do the things we want/need to. Being self-employed means that if you don't work, you don't get paid, so you have to be prepared to put in the long hours when required. Mind you, Mr Wafflycat always makes sure I know he's missed me too. We speak on the phone a couple of times a day at least... text each other... a couple of ageing romantics really! I have to say that Mr Wafflycat is rather good at letting me be me and encouraging me in the things I want to do, so he makes it easy to be appreciative of him. Dunno what I'd do without him so to speak.