I see where you're coming from. However, that is the wording I used do describe a situation and conversation which essentially spanned a few weeks. It isn't fair for me to continue to tell someone I am leaving a friendship and then say oops, no, just kidding, I decided I'm back. That person has the right to say I don't want to keep doing the push-pull. To say you can have time to decide, but if you decide that you want to stay, then stay. If we continue to go in circles, for my own sake, I have to be done with it. It's emotional manipulation for me to keep leaving and coming back...wouldn't you want to draw that boundary? I probably would.

If there is one thing I know about this person 100% is that he is not controlling me. Not every man has malicious intent. Some actually are as nice as they come off at face value, even if the way I describe it doesn't make it seem that way. You are, however, entitled to your opinion, and I thank you for taking the time to give it.