Well thank goodness you've come to your senses. :-D I would be willing to bet your friend & buddy had an incident that caused a swivel o-ring to extrude during a dive. He was probably thinking of your safety when he made that hint. You ought to buy your friend a BAM at the next opportunity.
Yes, I think my friend was trying to be helpful out of concern for my well being . He is that sort of feller.
So, I think the count is now standing at four BAMs for my friend, hard for me to keep track but I bet he is !
James