Elsa said
How come I never hear of people giving someone, "the silent treatment", anymore?
Have you gotten or given the silent treatment, recently? 
What happened to this phenomena? 

You are obviously not a member of my family or extended family! We do silent treatments right! (just kidding)...

Unfortunately, I am a silent treatment/passive aggressive person at times.  Don't get me wrong, 8 times out of 10 I just can't stop myself from saying the first thing that comes to mind in an argument or a conflict.   But, afterwards, I may find myself unsure of what to do with my emotions or thoughts next, and just retreat into this silent, avoiding pattern. Or I may 'open' it with the silent treatment, because I am trying so so hard to bite my tongue and I guess the person I am angry but don't want to talk about it, but then I just explode.  Or I want to try to deal with it on my own...reflecting on it now, I guess I would say I can be unpredictable.  

Like a lot of things I am much better at not doing this the older I get, but there are always times where my silence is my first resort. I think this is my Scorpio Ascendant here. Silence for me is a weapon.  Not always effective or wielded correctly, but a weapon never-the-less.

I have this down to an art.

soup said
I have this down to an art.

It's a Scorpio thing, don't you think? Or closely related?

It seems to me, the in-your-face treatment is a lot more common these days. No idea why I'm thinking of this by the way.

Oh my God, my husband does this. Sometimes it's something I did or didn't do and I have no idea. Other times it's work, I think. I hate it. One time he gave me the silent treatment for a month. Never contacted me to say he landed safely on a business trip. 

I'm learning not to walk on eggshells when he does this. I force myself to act normal, to not act like he's not speaking to me. It passes faster, I think.