I get it. No contact for a bit. But my experience here is there is more nuance when it isn't just a next, and am interested in what rules of thumb some of you may have for it.

For example, should it be obvious to her the reason for your absence?

Lots of times girls will at first be offended at the lack of responses before starting to feign concern for your well-being. The way I imagine this is it's an attempt to frame the absence: Offended you're so horrible a person that you would inflict negative emotions on her by ignoring her, and then continuing along that same frame by suggesting that clearly the only possible reason you'd do something so horrible is if you aren't okay, and so now she's going to play the role of the worried companion.

How do you combat the above attempt to frame your absence as though you just lied about having cancer?

Lastly, on the return, what are preferred ways to return after withdrawing attention? My usual move is to come back like nothing happened, and on any attempt to address the absence, I basically say that talking about it wouldn't be productive. Curious how others approach it.