In my case it definitely did. When I didn't call or talk to my friend because I was busy with the kids or the W, she valued the time that we did have together that much more. So the connection was built quickly from there.
She thought I was extremely interesting and that my W was a fool to leave me. Oh yeah and all the things about validating and listening definitely helped too. I just let her do alot of the talking and validated what she was saying. Not really offering suggestions.
Even the stuff about how to read body language that I learned helped so I was "in tune" with how she was reacting to our conversations.
DB-ing definitely helped with that. I think our WASs have an anti-DB shield up.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.