She would have cut off contact slowly instead of denouncing me, but from my perspective it would have been equally awful.

That's also possible, and probably what would have happened. IMO, that would be worse, because that indirect stuff drives me crazy and makes me wonder if I'm imagining things.

(Thanks! I got it from book_icons; the quote is from a book called Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, and you can look up the icon maker in my userinfo.)