That's a shame. I think I might have to get a better pot for my avocado tree. Right now it's getting a lot bigger so I had to get a plastic one, but I would like to find a clay pot that is big enough since it dries the soil out faster and can avoid it getting root rot like that. I just have a plastic one, but can't find clay in bigger sizes.
And yeah I hear ya. It was annoying because I could never tell if they were bad with time/scatterbrained, or if they just legit did not enjoy my company/hated me. It was too much of a mind game so I'm kind of done with them.