Conversations with a SGitR

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Also, I'm thinking about this behavior as a mating strategy and...

...BEAR SPRAY

Bear spray is the cure for many, many social problems.  Your ex-friend is of course one of these social problems.  One good blast to the face and he's entertaining again, as he rolls around under the table trying to claw his eyeballs out.

Just imagining it is pretty entertaining all by itself.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Well, Nigel, maybe if you just would acknowledge the parallel universes, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

I can't help but giggle when he talks about fake apologies and passing the blame onto everyone else, while he's in the middle of his "I'm 'sorry', BUT...(not really and it's everyone else's fault).

I am sorry about the loss of your friendship and/or happy for you to be getting away from such a destructive person

Yeah, that made me angry at first but then it was funny and, finally, sad, as I realized that he will never be able to recognize or take responsibilities for his behavior, and as such will never have satisfying interpersonal relationships.

SGitR really is a handicap for the sufferer.

[Danny Muffin]

Wow, that is sad. Does he have any redeeming traits, or were you just friends with him out of habit?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow, that is sad. Does he have any redeeming traits, or were you just friends with him out of habit?

He has many redeeming traits, which makes it sadder. He is quite intelligent, funny, and quirky, has a strong sense of social justice and a desire to make the world better, and I do believe that he cares deeply, is loyal, and really loves people.

Unfortunately, his seemingly non-overridable tendency to be disrespectful, and to assume he knows better than other people about almost everything, including their own fields of study, often makes him deeply unpleasant to be around. And while, as my friends have pointed out, he does this to everyone, he particularly does it to people he feels he has a familial "right" to, and for some reason he seems to feel he has a "right" to me. His behavior with me borders on possessive, which I find highly offensive and unacceptable, and since asking him to step off hasn't worked, defriending is the next logical measure.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Wow, that is sad. Does he have any redeeming traits, or were you just friends with him out of habit?

He has many redeeming traits, which makes it sadder. He is quite intelligent, funny, and quirky, has a strong sense of social justice and a desire to make the world better, and I do believe that he cares deeply, is loyal, and really loves people.

Unfortunately, his seemingly non-overridable tendency to be disrespectful, and to assume he knows better than other people about almost everything, including their own fields of study, often makes him deeply unpleasant to be around. And while, as my friends have pointed out, he does this to everyone, he particularly does it to people he feels he has a familial "right" to, and for some reason he seems to feel he has a "right" to me. His behavior with me borders on possessive, which I find highly offensive and unacceptable, and since asking him to step off hasn't worked, defriending is the next logical measure.

That's creepy as fuck. In spite of is better tendencies. 

[Juana]

^^^ What she said.

[hirley0]

^^^ What she said.

What they said ooOoo/

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Wow, that is sad. Does he have any redeeming traits, or were you just friends with him out of habit?

He has many redeeming traits, which makes it sadder. He is quite intelligent, funny, and quirky, has a strong sense of social justice and a desire to make the world better, and I do believe that he cares deeply, is loyal, and really loves people.

Unfortunately, his seemingly non-overridable tendency to be disrespectful, and to assume he knows better than other people about almost everything, including their own fields of study, often makes him deeply unpleasant to be around. And while, as my friends have pointed out, he does this to everyone, he particularly does it to people he feels he has a familial "right" to, and for some reason he seems to feel he has a "right" to me. His behavior with me borders on possessive, which I find highly offensive and unacceptable, and since asking him to step off hasn't worked, defriending is the next logical measure.

That's creepy as fuck. In spite of is better tendencies. 

Yeah... it's incredibly offputting. Probably less so than it would be if someone else did it though, simply because he seems perhaps slightly autistic, or maybe something else in the pervasive developmental disorder spectrum.

I feel sorry for him, but I also want nothing more to do with him.