Do what ever you need, to "get out of his head". We sometimes refer to "mind reading".
Right now (well always, really), what you need to focus on is... what is in YOUR head. It is up to you to not have expectations or put meaning to something that really has no meaning.
If HE puts meaning to something, that is HIS to deal with. IOW, if you go to the dinner and enjoy yourself, that is what you do. If he thinks that you are going because you are trying to save the M... or thinks you aren't detaching... well... that's "his problem".
Hope that makes sense. We can't control what others think or do, only what we think or do. We consider the consequences, but otherwise put no "meaning" into what we say or do or what the WAS / MLCer says or does.
