His reaction does not inspire trust. More than anything it would make me more wary of him.
It sounds like being asked that triggered something for him that may not even be related to you. Who knows what the trigger could be - not being trusted, feeling rejected , could be a number of different things. The thing is, if he is generally a good friend and generally can be trusted and you'd like to give hum another chance you could talk to him about it when he has calmed down. It sounds like at that moment he was too triggered and reactive to respond to your request as it is without his own stuff chucked into the mix. he might be able to be more responsive once he is able to respond instead of react.
With things as they are in the world he may have felt "accused" of sexual harrassment even though that wasn't what you intended. Kwim?
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