08-17-2016, 11:04 AM
Some people have difficulty making decisions, and especially life changing decisions like this one. I suspect that he was having issues with the breakup and he needed a sounding board to make up his mind about something that he had already considered. Maybe he just needed a bit more courage to do so. Some people would probably take to drinking to solve that type of problem (Dutch courage, as it is called), and some people would just need a little nudge from someone else's mind. He trusted your opinion, maybe, but ultimately, as has been said by others here, he was the one taking that decision. I think he had already made the decision but was just asking you what you thought to confirm what he already knew. Should you feel responsible? Only marginally, unless you have special magic powers to make things happen.