But that's not a win-win! That's lonely and sad and I could never, never do that to him! But he just doesn't get it! It's so frustrating.

[If he hadn't been talking to you he might be banging his head against a wall. Why were people so complicated?]

Well whatever. I'm not going anywhere. He can try to push me away as much as he wants. I'm not gonna leave him. Friends stick together and if I have to shove that down his throat to get him to believe me then I will.