I’m looking for unique ways of dealing with a friend of mine. We've been friends for a long time but what we once shared as commonalities are no more and our lives have gone in different directions. I've grown up, have a professional job, a wife and a house, saving for my retirement, etc...Basically I'm an adult now. My friend on the other hand is still living his same old reckless lifestyle...doing drugs, drinking, has no job, always wanting to borrow money, always calling me to ask if I can give him a ride to this place or that...it's really starting to get annoying because I've put that part of my life behind me. Sometimes I feel like telling him to get a job or if he quit buying drugs, maybe he could buy a car.
As strange as it may sound, I don't want him completely out of my life as we have a ton of history together (20+ years). I just want him to respect that i don't want to lend him money or be his personal taxi driver. What should I do?
2007-09-02
09:41:45
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dave c
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