Thank you all. Just posting made me feel better and that I had made the right decision. I do feel sympathy for my friend, but I know that only he can change his life, as only I can change mine. What he said does sound manipulative now that I look at it again, although I don't think he was saying those things to be evil or to take advantage of me like XABF. Then again, who really knows? It seems as though he is probably embarrassed now by my turning him down, so we'll have some space between us anyways. I doubt he'll want to hang out again any time soon, and honestly, I'm okay with that. Even if he was Mr. perfect and healthy and all that and a bag of chips I'm still a thousand miles away from being ready for a relationship. After breaking with XABF, and finding this site, I am just on the very beginning of a long road to finding, and healing myself and that has to remain my number one priority. Thanks again.
