I can't believe there's an episode where the moral is 'if you're sad that your friend persistently cancels your plans so he can spend time with the friend he has a crush on instead, you're just USING YOUR FRIEND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A BOYFRIEND; why would anyone ever want to hang out with someone else for non-romantic reasons?'

I might remember that episode; I feel like I can call up an echo of old indignation. Glee certainly was something.

That said, of course, Shawn/Gus is still the OTP.

Of course! But I appreciate your appreciation for the way things with Juliet can make Shawn's life so much more complicated and distressing.