I suggest you don't take advice from family & friends. What your friend to you is what should have been done ages ago. But I promise you that if you stop pulling back and give way to your neediness, you will see her reject you worse than ever.
A week is nothing! A month is nothing! The LBH usually has to stick to the detaching for a long time......before he starts to see the kind of response you're wanting to see.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!
