Blargh, one of my friends used to be like that. While he was very funny at times and just plain awesome, he never cared to listen about my own issues. I was always there for him but if the roles were reciprocated he would be like, “if you’re going to keep complaining about the same thing, I can’t help you” but like sir, you’re always complaining about the same thing like, huh?!
Eventually he cut ties with me because I left his party early with our other mutual friends and blamed me, not everyone else.
Life is much better and I no longer feel like I have to exert unnecessary energy or feel that pressure to behave a certain type of way just because this person has problems that are out of my control. While I’ve attempted to rekindle our friendship he allowed his ego get to the best of him and refused any sort of friendship, whatever, not my circus, not my problem.
nano_singularity t1_iu9d7oa wrote
Reply to comment by mercurysnowman in LPT Request: how to deal with an emotionally draining friend I have to see on a daily basis by mercurysnowman
Blargh, one of my friends used to be like that. While he was very funny at times and just plain awesome, he never cared to listen about my own issues. I was always there for him but if the roles were reciprocated he would be like, “if you’re going to keep complaining about the same thing, I can’t help you” but like sir, you’re always complaining about the same thing like, huh?!
Eventually he cut ties with me because I left his party early with our other mutual friends and blamed me, not everyone else.
Life is much better and I no longer feel like I have to exert unnecessary energy or feel that pressure to behave a certain type of way just because this person has problems that are out of my control. While I’ve attempted to rekindle our friendship he allowed his ego get to the best of him and refused any sort of friendship, whatever, not my circus, not my problem.