Not good at being mean.

Shadowprophet

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I recently ran into an old Highschool Friend. This guy calls me several times a day, even more, if I would pick up the phone, HE always wants to hang out. he burned my Facebook messenger up like thirty messages a day..

The deal is, I've been friendly with him, But I just don't have the desire to be like best buds with this guy. I don't want to speak to him that much, Not only does my life not revolve around this guy, No part of my life has the time to dedicate to this guy's bromance.

It's like, Have you ever seen the movie Cable guy? You know the desperate "Need a Friend Vibe" Dude puts out.. Thats this guy,

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See the problem is, He really is a nice person and I don't want to not be his friend, But, If he was a speak to me every once and a while person, That would be lovely..

How does someone navigate this without being mean?

To summarise, Really really overly needy zealous friend. Annoying to almost the point of harassment with thirty phone calls and messages a day.. How does one deal with a situation like this? I still don't want to be mean, But, I have kids and grandkids and a family to take care of, I don't have time to talk to this guy all the time, My life isn't about him.. It sounds mean, But, I wasn't born into this world to dedicate my entire life to this guy...

How would you deal with this situation? I know, If I had worded this more articulately, I'd sound like less of a self-centered ass... I think I worded it pretty accurately to my true personality though...
 
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