He didn't ask you b/c he is afraid you would say no, is my guess, but no one can guess, and you can't tell "where you stand" based on anything he is doing right now. I know you already know that!
When you do stop and say "it doesn't matter where I stand with him, I want to know where I stand with me"?
He isn't thinking clearly right now. We all get that. But there has to come a point when that no longer can be the LBS's problem.
Me 36, W 34 | D 8 | M 3.5y Sep 2Aug09 | Left 6Sep09 | OM in 10Oct09 | NC 17Nov09 | Gave up caring - Jan 2010
"Have integrity. Do what is right, not what is expedient." "Delay is the antidote for anger"