My wife tries for about ten seconds for every family function . Our marriage is great in every other way . <| sep |> Are you dead ? I haven ' t heard anything from you in years ! <| sep |> What a jerk . <| sep |> From Erdogan ' s stance these past years , that just feels like he does what he often does two steps forward , one step back , only to try another two steps forward in a slightly different direction again to see if that does get him what he wants . The zone in Northern Syria he has wanted to create for these past years is a good example of that . Every time before he tried he got the door against his face . Eventually he does have his boots on the ground in Syria . I ' m curious to see what else he thinks of to escalate things once again .