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I did drop the rope & have declined all offers from him. I would say this is throwing the rope back at him.


Nope. You haven't, imo.

You still worry about responding, getting your say. You still read into what he says/does. You have just started dropping the rope.

Throwing the rope back at him means you TRULY don't give a damn, don't even want to respond, don't care what he is thinking in regards to you.

And looking for a way to completely un-enmesh yourself from him.

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