justanotherjames

So Sunday night I'm at work and get a text from an old friend of mine, seems he's shitty drunk on the Landing and unable to drive and in need of a sympathetic ear. So granted we're not so close right now, aren't well apprised of each others' situations at any given time, but I like to think that I am a fairly reliable cat when I'm needed, so I swoop in to the rescue, despite the fact that he essentially called me a chump in a text where he was asking me to give him a ride and listen to him bitch about girl problems. Essentially once I arrive he proceeds to tell me that he really cares about this girl and has been doing all sorts of sweet and considerate things for her only to be getting consistently blown off by her recently, he follows this up by saying: "I feel like you". I try to let that sideways slight go by unnoticed, but they just keep on coming throughout the night, I mean not that I have my shit fully together but this guy has zero room to criticize me. After the bar closes down he tells me he needs a place to sleep, so I agree and go take him for some righteous Saint Louis diner food as he's just been pouring alcohol into his gullet and feeling sorry for himself the entire night. I buy his food and take him back to crash at my apartment, we talk and he continues to make snarky remarks to me whenever he can manage. I find it slightly aggravating that someone can ask you for your help and make you feel like a piece of shit for having done so, maybe that's what he was after all along, not that I take it to heart, it's just shitty.