Thanks, arguskos.
The obvious one is that they stopped calling me (but were still obviously happy whenever I called ). But it's more the small things, like being a little too busy too often and stuff. They did try to limit the consequences (probably so they'd avoid ever bringing it up), so I don't think it's as much a case of "you should've seen my hints!" as much as... pure avoidance, I guess.
You're right, guys. As long as I don't develop superhuman senses, I probably can't do much about situations like that.
It's helped a lot just to write it all down and get a shot of encouragement/realism. Thanks for taking the time.
Well, yeah, but I used fancier wordsSee, exactly like I said.