It's fascinating to me how what looks to me like friends having their friends back in the face of you saying PatJew was just fishing for attention is being cast by you as 'condescending emotional gibberish'.
Normally I can't roll my eyes hard enough when join dates are invoked but in this instance I think your join date means you lack a ton of context. Patjew has, year in and year out, been one of the posters least likely to cause a scene. I think quitting the board of having his posts deleted was an emotional response and I hope he reconsiders but take it from me - the biggest attention whore on this board - Patjew wasn't looking for attention.