T who isn't my T,
That thing you said still upsets me. A childish part of me wants to pull away. To sulk? To show you that you hurt me? To get your attention? To tell myself that I don't need you? To reassure myself of the balance of our relationship by making you be the one to reach out so I don't feel so disgustingly needy?
It would be manipulative. I hate that I can't not overthink all of this.
You didn't explicitly say that you don't think it's my own fault or that I'm to blame, even when I told you that's how your original statement felt. You didn't actually deny it.