I don't get you.

Your mood swings are just confusing me.

One minute you're all go, the next you're blanking me, the next you want to take everything slowly, and now you really care?

It didn't sound like you meant to back off because you wanted to make it last. It sounded like you wanted an easy way out. Were you just trying to get the sympathy and support of 'the best mate'?

I'm still assuming the same. If I don't expect you to be telling the truth, I can't get hurt if you're not.
If you are? Well we'll come to that if necessary.

Right now it sounds like you need to work on sorting yourself out before you come and pull me into it anyway.