I was hoping this trip was going to go by and everything was going to be great. And today had been a fucking blast. But my buddy just decided to fuck off and leave me with a bunch of people I don’t know to go home tonight because his ex was hanging around. Their PhD has been wrecking havoc in their life and they’ve made some shitty life choices that lead them to call it off with their SO and have a bit of a fling with someone else.

Them and their ex decided to try and still be friends but she’s moved on and he hasn’t and it’s kind of killing him being around her because he knows he fucked up a good thing and it’s just tearing him up. Which is the main reason I made the trip out. No ones come out to visit since he’s moved out here and it’s made him feel like no ones got his back and no ones cares at all.

We all make mistakes, shit happens. But I just don’t know how to go about helping him understand that no matter what there are still people in his life that are in his corner and give a shit about him.

Like fuck, I’ve known him for over a decade and he’s never just dropped off the map like this and brushed me off completely when I’m trying to have a conversation with him about what’s going on in his life.

I just don’t know how to help and I don’t know what to fucking do.

Fuck.

/u/BenchPauper /u/1morepl8 /u/vladimirlinen you guys gave me a lot of good fucking advice back when everything was going down with my girlfriend a few months back and I guess I’m just hoping y’all might have some nuggets of wisdom for me on this one too.

Fuck. I used to be a goddamned psychologist. Why can’t I seem to ever fucking help the important people in my life?