It sounds like "closest friend" is a relative term - like the "friends" that Paris Hilton has. Trust me, I'm used to it, I've been on here/EP for many years, among other digital landscapes. This story was purely an act of venting.
Heh - there's a difference between doing it to someone because you're an abusive asshole, and doing it to someone because they're an abusive asshole. Of course, the abusive assholes and the people who they spit their shit at *both* think of the other side as being the abusive asshole who deserves to be blocked, so there's that.