how to politely reject a clingy virgo friend?

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so this virgo guy and i have been good friends since school and have gotten closer(as friends) recently (we are grad school graduates now).So its the three of us.He,me and our mutual friend(a guy). This virgo has suddenly changed over the past 2 yrs. Earlier he was all too studious and never befriended girls(i was the only one he would talk to).We didn't have any contact after school during college(we were in different college and i was in US) and then he graduated from college and went to US for grad school and he just changed.1 yr he was head over heels crazy about this girl from our school.She had become sexy during grad school and they both started talking and came close.She was already in a relationship and he knew that but he was desperate to get in a relationship with her.She suddenly just vanished and the rejection pricked him so bad that he became depressed. Then contacted me with a casual hey,ssup,been so long text and we got back in touch again and resumed our friendship after 4 yrs. We met when we were in town and he told me about how depressed he had become because she rejected him and he was asking me for help to make him understand what was exactly going and what did he possibly do to shoo her away.I also told him about my cancerian ex and how i was still in love a yr later. We jokingly called each other our rebound. Then he got interested in one of his female friends in grad school and started getting closer.He would ask me to interpret her signs and wanted me to help him ask her out. He asked her out and he was confident she would say yes but she rejected him. She was shocked he asked her out.She said she wanted to focus on her academics now. Again,he fell depressed.He would write me super long texts describing things and i would keep making him understand things on a practical note. He said he doesnt want to see her again.He would get angry if she would text him much like before and at the same time get angry if she wouldnt reply his texts for some reasonRecently,she has disappeared too. She doesn't reply to his calls or texts as much anymore.Also,he doesnt have a job yet.He has been facing rejections only and thats depressing him even more.Now one of our mutual best friends(a guy) casually told him that i had a teenie meenie crush on him during school for like few hrs or so. He became so happy and bombarded me with texts like "it feels so good to know some girl liked me back in school even for few hrs and when i looked so bad.I am so hot now *laugh emoticon* " and then he started teasing me "were you jealous when your ex crush was constantly talking about his crush? 😛 " and i was like "dude,wth!! Stop.Not funny anymore" and then he stopped and got back to normal.He has become desperate to get in a relationship with anyone he finds. Thats how it feels like to me and our mutual friend. Whenever he feels depressed he will call me to feel better and ask me to sing him soft kitty(from Big Bang theory) and that irritates me.
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and then yesterday night he was again being irritating.He was calling me his rebound and then he started calling me his girl and then called me his girlfriend. He was really pissing me off. I told him i wont talk to him if he addresses me like that and he was like "oh im just kidding.sorry". Truth is,he wasn't.He was just hoping if i somehow lose my senses and get interested in him and then he gets to be in a relationship. We have been repeatedly telling him that there's absolutely no cons in being single.Moreover,he needs to focus on his career now.All three of us need to so we try to make him understand that.Whenever we confront him that he's behaving like a desperate guy,he gets offended and threatens to end the friendship and then sometime later he'll again be like "Ohh,I am forever alone" and all that. I love my space. I love my independence and i hate to be texting someone so much all the time.This guy is clingy.He gets hurt if someone wont reply him often and he'll start taunting like "someone has become too busy to reply" and such. He just went to the movie theatre alone and he started texting me how many people were there like "haha,only 20 people in here.And then few seconds later "now 21".Then again "now 23".Dude,i dont care!!! I'm occupied with something and he'll keep texting and if i don't respond ,he'll text again saying "why didnt you reply me?" What am i to reply to how many people in a movie theatre ? and i have other things to do instead of just keep replying his every text. I don't know what should i do about this.

I'm sorry about the length. Just too irritated.
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Awaiting replies with you!

I am dealing with a clingy virguy friend too. He's full of contradictions lately too.

- saying he doesn't care about much anymore, but then acting butthurt if I don't contact him to hang out (very specific, has to be hanging out). When I do, he pouts that it's not "primetime" Saturday nights.

- he keeps track of how many weeks it's been since we hung out and guilts me about it.

- saying he wants to retire soon, but then starting biz projects with many friends. Including me. Then he will go back and forth saying he wants to retire. I scratch my head so confusing wtf?.

In general, as your post pointed out, I think when they are disappointed with life and perhaps people in general, they get clingy to the friends they hold dear and want to know we care about them.

My friend just texted that when he's does feel stressed or down, i am one of few ppl he likes being around as he is always happy with me. I said not lately as I am dealing with tons of Saturn Return shit. I prefer to be alone when down.

All i can say is...do what you can but hold your boundaries. For ex. Hanging out with him when i'm not in that frame of mind would be false...and overextending to me. Sorry. It wouldn't be good for anyone.

I can text though no problem and be there for emergencies. I even said we can hang but then he gets picky about the night.

That's too much.
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Posted by Weeds
Does he have any other friends then you and the guy friend?



yeah he does but he's closest to me and the other guy and in comparison he's closer to me than the other guy. He'll share every problem with me but ask me not to tell the other guy about it. He is kinda lonely now.His on-campus friends are all busy.They are either busy with their job or with intense research work whereas he is still hunting for a job. Rejection from girls and companies have made him depressed. My job doesn't start until october so i am free but I do still have a life with my family and other friends too. Besides,he and i share different ideologies on several aspects so I don't mesh with him well too much at all times.

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@SunMoonStars @starwars @brandyp , yeah I do need to set some boundaries. It's high time.

The problem with him is that he's too immature.We are 24 now and he behaves like a typical teen.

Like,if he sees a guy and girl talking he'll automatically assume they are in a relationship.And even if he sees 2 guys talking he'll be like "ohh,see 2 gays" or "see 2 lesbians" if 2 girls are having a good time.It's THAT bad.

Sometimes it gets overboard .And when i tell him "i love my friends and i'll always be there for them when they are in some real crisis but my career is my priority now so i can't give too much time to texting everyday". And then he'll get all sensitive and angry and started calling me selfish and started preaching that i should prioritize friends over everything and even above my career. Come on dude.Different people,different ideologies. I won't disrespect your beliefs but that doesn't mean I must agree to them or change my own ideologies,right? He gets extremely mad ,angry,aggressive if people don't accept his opinion. And if you confront him,he'll threaten to end the friendship.
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I imagine he has a lot of built up affection he needs to dump and he has chosen you for that.

You can (if you haven't already) tell him that he is stuck being only friends with you so no girlfriend no rebound roles and no more joking about it, it's irritating.

IF he continues then ending the friendship is your only option. Which may or may not spiral him into a deep dark despair. Leading to drug addiction and alcoholism to ease his pain.

You let him know all that.
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@SunMoonStars @starwars @brandyp , yeah I do need to set some boundaries. It's high time.

The problem with him is that he's too immature.We are 24 now and he behaves like a typical teen.

Like,if he sees a guy and girl talking he'll automatically assume they are in a relationship.And even if he sees 2 guys talking he'll be like "ohh,see 2 gays" or "see 2 lesbians" if 2 girls are having a good time.It's THAT bad.

Sometimes it gets overboard .And when i tell him "i love my friends and i'll always be there for them when they are in some real crisis but my career is my priority now so i can't give too much time to texting everyday". And then he'll get all sensitive and angry and started calling me selfish and started preaching that i should prioritize friends over everything and even above my career. Come on dude.Different people,different ideologies. I won't disrespect your beliefs but that doesn't mean I must agree to them or change my own ideologies,right? He gets extremely mad ,angry,aggressive if people don't accept his opinion. And if you confront him,he'll threaten to end the friendship.
Yeah, this happens with my Virguy too. He hasn't had a proper m/f relationship so in that area, he's immature! He gets hypercritical and negative. It's a drag.

Try telling him to talk more with his family (if he has them), be healthier, get into sports, etc. Positive stress coping methods.

I've also experienced the jokes about being his GF. It's never funny and i've had to gently shut him down by saying we are really different *hint hint*, i'm not available, and not looking for relationship atm.

Try not to let it get to you so much, afterall, he is a good friend. Just needs some boundaries and a good scolding sometimes!