yeah, you are right, when you block people out or pull away then they seem to want to be your friend again. In fact one of my friends who I had just about given up, has now reached out again, just as I had come to accept that the friendship was fading, It drives me insane. I don't know if she is playing games or not. All I know is I am not going to play them.
I think your profile pic is pretty cool actually.
So I am curious did the liberal parenting stick, or did you end up a conservative? The only thing that I know grates on my dad more than his belief that I am gay is his certainty that I am a liberal. Sometimes I wonder if the only reason I am one is that he was so damn conservative.