Yeah that "no new shirts" thing can really mess with your head. It did mine.

Me: "Maybe some of it is about the connection, too, wanting to hear something from you in that moment." T: "You think it might be about connection then?" Me: "I don't know, I'm sorry, that's probably weird to you." T: "No, it's not."
Me (attempting to change topic): "What was your other question?" T: "What?"

It looks to me like he was trying to lead the discussion to connection here, that you are looking for connection, and he is trying to bring that to light. Because the question after your previous question is, how would HE know its "going to be alright"?

When you were calling ex-MC, it seemed like it was a regular Friday night thing. Like you were trying to replace the connection that was missing with h, by connecting with ex-mc.

This T is not afraid to approach that question head-on. Ugh, I hate when that happens!! If i dodged things at that point, my t would i swear deliberately make it harder if not impossible for me to get back there. Or maybe i did, by dodging it. The path to hell.