So basically, I had been going out with this guy for 9 months and I broke up with him a few weeks ago. I still give him rides to school and we're trying to be friends but it's not really working out. Pretty much every day he freaks out on me, telling me that I screwed up his life and how could I be doing this to him and threatens to commit suicide. He constantly calls me and won't really leave me alone. I don't want to give him rides anymore but I don't know how he'll get to school. I constantly tell him that I need space before we can be friends (I mean, who can be friends with someone who constantly freaks out on them?) but he's convinced that if he lets me have space, I'll like it too much and never talk to him again. He's even been bothering my friends and complaining to them. I'm 17 and just really want to enjoy my last year of high school, but that doesn't seem to be possible with him in the picture. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Buttacup answered Saturday October 13 2007, 11:54 pm: Tell him that you really need the space you've been asking for. If he refuses to listen, then simply tell him that the more he tries to invoke pity and tries to make you feel like you've ruined his life, the less likely you are going to be friends. And about the stalking thing? Don't pick up, and don't look at him during school. Try to get someone else to drive him. Eventually he'll learn that in the process of complaining about his broken life, he's breaking yours. [ Buttacup's advice column | Ask Buttacup A Question ]
missbananafontana answered Saturday October 13 2007, 7:57 pm: If he's going to be so clingy, let him go. Tell him that he needs to mature and just grow up, and move on. It's really pathetic that he's still focused on this. Only be friends with him if he agrees to let it go. Try finding him a hobby or setting him up with a single girlfriend. Hope I helped. [ missbananafontana's advice column | Ask missbananafontana A Question ]
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