Starting to drink really heavily is… well a key bit of information. I lost some friends years back when I got depressed. Didn’t even realize what I was doing, I just became an unfunny dick and thought I was the opposite. Didn’t realize what went wrong till I climbed back out of the depression. Still regret losing them as friends to this day.
I think I can almost remember the exact day that he shifted. We were talking about our previous girlfriends and he very openly bragged that he’s slept with better looking women than I have (I’m not like that). He kept talking about it over and over that day, I could see he was getting a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Before this, he was a different person. Overall good morals, good friend for the most part, rarely put me down.
It was very sudden.
8ender@lemmy.world 8 months ago
uranibaba@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Too much water under the bridge to talk to them again?
8ender@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yeah too long since and now too awkward. Not even sure how to get in touch with them.
uranibaba@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Too bad. :(
SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 8 months ago
The alcohol is likely related. He might be insecure or something and projecting it on you, liquid courage probably makes him feel more comfortable being an asshole.
OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
rarely put me down.
But he did put you down. That’s not a good friend. He was like this the whole time, but chose to mostly hold back. Now he’s stopped.
Remove him from your life.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 8 months ago
Maybe you were with someone he actually liked, and he thought you knew it. A stretch for sure, but it’s a trigger for some.