Loyal Defender

I just lost a friend....

I wanted to break a friendship with him before, but.....he used emotional blackmail, insisting without me he's depressed and upset, despite him having a girlfriend, and that gave me the implication he wouldn't be happy unless I stayed with him. I was happier and more free without him. I wasn't happy being stuck with him like this. I'm hurting so bucking much right now....all those good times, coming to an end, because he lured me back to him to fix a friendship that he only made worse by trying to use emotional blackmail on me for to bring me back....I want to cry into a pillow....I want to just...I don't know, I just....I need comfort and assurance from my other real friends.

The pain knowing the friendship ended with him pulling the 'trying to fix things' card, the 'what about all we've done card', the 'is our friendship not worth it to you' card, and those kinds of cards makes me hurt more. Have I dodged a bullet if he tried pulling that?