Very strong and understanding lady who wrote that, I'm impressed. All too often women don't realize that men sometimes need space and alone time to fight through problems. They believe that space away from it all means space away from them, and they take it personally. Even though the man may say something personal, deep down it's often not.
I hope she doesn't ask him what he did when he was gone all that time. She probably wouldn't want to know... I'm kidding!