I don't remember specifically but it was probably something like, if you can't hear what they have to say without it having meaning for you, sending you off on a"what does this really mean" tangent, then don't hear it. Keep yourself out of that situation.

Yes, he was thinking of you in some way when he texted about the chairs but you don't know what the context was, what his intent was.

Don't bite the hook.

Me 57/H 58
M36 S 2.5yrs R 12/13

Let me give up the need to know why things happen as they do.
I will never know and constant wondering is constant suffering.
Caroline Myss