I've declined several invitations because I knew you'd be there. So my reason for not attending had nothing manliness.
It seems a poor reason to decline an invitation to a Campfire gathering.
Why? I'm not going to go and pretend that I don't want to push him into the campfire. I'm not going to go and spend the weekend avoiding him. And I'm not going to go and end up in an argument and ruin everyone's good time.
