Yep reeks of NGS. I had hopes for your situation. You’re friend zoning yourself. That will be tough to get out of my friend.
It’s tough but to turn these around you need to have strength.
I get it. It just goes against my nature - not just from this relationship, but all of them - and it is so damn hard to break that cycle when it arises. It's like Pavlov's frickin' dogs. And it is so stupid because at least those dogs got a treat at the end.