I got some of the Sunlu High Speed PLA that I've been hearing good things about. On the first print I discovered that, while it prints beautifully, it creates a ludicrous amount of dust going through the extruder.
So I open it up to clean it out, when suddenly the tensioning spring shoots out. Searched for about an hour in total, it's nowhere to be seen.
I'd been thinking of replacing the extruder for a dual gear one anyway, so I took the opportunity to order a nice one from Micro-Swiss.
The problem is, that I have an FLSun Q5, and I'd seen from videos online that it doesn't quite sit flush - you need to print a spacer.
So I needed to get the printer patched up for one last hurrah. The spring was salvaged from a broken clothes peg. And it worked perfectly - not just "well enough", but easily as good as the original.
So in summary, if it helps anyone, losing the spring doesn't mean you need a new part - a clothes peg spring works just as well.
I want to be sympathetic but alarm bells are ringing with the immediate juxtaposition of "that's all fine but I genuinely begin to develop feelings for her" and "I just don't really care all that much for a friendship".
If the issue was that painful to be around her until you can work the feelings out, then that wouldn't be half as bad as saying that she's not worth keeping as a friend if you can't date her.