I think your wife got lonely and horny. (She seems to have no reliable source of male attention, at the moment. So, in a pinch, you'll do.) But that's probably just me being cynical. This couldn't possibly be just another one of her manipulative stunts.

If you want to build on this encounter, Dad, I suggest you let her continue being the seductress. Play hard to get - at least a little. Go down on one knee with your hat in your hand, and she's going to give you a kick in the gut.

She enjoys having power over you. When it seemed like you were starting to accept the estrangement, she lost that sense of power. So she probably thought, "Hmmm . . . what could I do next to have him wanting to kiss my behind. Oooo, I know." Oldest trick in the book. (The handbook for "Jezebels.")

I'ld feel more hopeful for you, if the bedroom encounter happened after a heart-to-heart long talk where some mutual desire for reconciliation was expressed. That's not what you report. Instead, she was giving you the business, and you got bored with her tedious b!t¢hin and wanted to go to sleep. So she put a different record on the turntable.

Game changer? Well . . . time will tell. She didn't call you over at 11:40 pm because she, suddenly, wanted to communicate. She was lonely. Hey, maybe that's a start. She's the type of person who can't handle "lonely." That's why she jumped into two ill-considered marriages. For her, anything beats being alone. Even fighting beats being alone.

But that's a card you can play. Next time she summons you, understand that it's because she's alone and doesn't want to be. (Kids don't count as companionship/interaction.) Make her have to give up something to get what she wants. Tell her you don't want to be there, if she still thinks her feelings for you have diminished. Watch how fast she turns on the sweet talk.

Hey, she's playing with your head . . . try playing with hers . . . at least a little. She'll have more respect for you . . .and you'll seem more interesting to her. She's the kind of woman who despises a man she can control.