(set: $mood=0) <i>hey can you meet me at noon?</i> <i>sure, meet you there in a bit<i> [[(send)|1]][[Hey Kevin! How was your night? Sorry I missed you at that party, I guess I just I missed you right before I left.|2]]Uh.. It was… fine, you know. Nothing special. [[So what’s up? You wanted to talk?|3]] Look Matt... frankly, I've tolerated your shit for the past couple of months. But I'm done with it. I don’t want to be your friend anymore. I don't have fun when we hang out. I stopped going out drinking on Tuesdays with everyone because I don't want to be near you. I feel uncomfortable in groups around you. Honestly... I feel physically sick around you. [[Are you serious? (set: $choice=1)|4.1]] [[Wait what? (set: $choice=2)|4.2]] [[I had no idea. (set: $choice=3)|4.3]] Yeah. I am. [[...|5]] I... I just don't want to be... associated with you anymore. I'm done with this shit. (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[...|5]]Yeah, well... that's how I feel. (set: $mood=$mood+2) [[...|5]]Look, I've been feeling like this for a while. Shit has been piling up for the past few months. At first, it wasn't that awful or I thought I could ignore it, but it's gotten worse, and at this point I don't want to deal with it anymore. Last night was the last straw. I went out with drinking with you because, honestly, I maybe thought you could redeem yourself. I wanted to give you another chance. But instead, well... it was the same shit all over again. [[Look, I was just drunk.|6.1]] [[I didn't think it was a big deal.|6.2]] [[I'm sorry. That was a shitty thing to do.|6.3]] Yeah. I think that's one of your problems. (set: $mood=$mood-1) [[...|7]] Well, when you do that multiple fucking times, it becomes a big deal. [[...|7]]Well, that wasn't the first time. (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[...|7]]After last night, honestly, I wasn't even that mad. Maybe because I expected it. But I did some thinking. And, looking back, speaking objectively, you haven't been a good friend. I don't think you have ever really been been there for me. When was the last time you helped me out? When was the last time you were actually there for me? Can you just tell me a of a time when you did something an actual friend would do? [[Dude, I can't come up with something on the spot. |8.1]] [[I can't... think of anything. |8.2]]Yeah... I think there's a reason why. [[Look, I haven't purposefully been trying to be an asshol-|9]]Yeah. (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[Look, I haven't purposefully been trying to be an asshol-|9]]Tell me something. My art show was last week. That show meant a lot me, and you didn't even show up. Why didn't you come? [[I didn't even know about it. |10.1]] [[I didn't know it meant that much to you. |10.2]] [[I was busy. I had a lot of work to do. |10.3]]Well, maybe if you ever listened to me, you would have known. [[...|11]]Well, it did. (set: $mood=$mood-1) [[...|11]]So busy that you managed to go to the city and get wasted on your day off? [[...|11]] Do you even know the shitty things you've done? You've done some awful things, and I don't think you've ever considered the consequences of your actions. [[Like what?|12]] [[Tell Me.|12]] Two weeks ago, at Adam's apartment. I can't believe you told everyone about what happened with Jane and I. I told that to you in confidence. I trusted you with that secret. And you didn't care. You just made a joke about it in front of everyone. [[I thought you were over it.|13.1]] [[I thought you had told everyone else.|13.2]] [[It just slipped out, I didn't mean to say it.|13.3]] Even if I was over it, that doesn't give you the right to tell people like that. (set: $mood=$mood-1) [[Look, you have to know that none of this was intentional. For me, nothing has changed. I haven’t been purposefully trying to be a dick to you. |14]]I told you and only you. You knew it was a secret. And you didn't care. (set: $mood=$mood-1) [[Look, you have to know that none of this was intentional. For me, nothing has changed. I haven’t been purposefully trying to be a dick to you. |14]]Yeah, well the reality is that you fucking said it. (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[Look, you have to know that none of this was intentional. For me, nothing has changed. I haven’t been purposefully trying to be a dick to you. |14]]Can I ask you something? What does friendship mean to you anyway? [[A friend is someone I care for. |15.1]] [[A friend is someone I can trust. |15.2]] [[I don’t know. |15.3]]Then you should know that caring for somebody means not being actively shitty to them. (set: $mood=$mood-1) [[...|16]]Well, trust is a two-way street. [[...|16]]Yeah. You don’t. (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[...|16]]You know what I think? I think your idea of friendship is someone who is there for you so you don’t feel alone. You think friends are these people who only show up whenever and just give you unconditional love and affection, but I’m not some fucking side character who only pops up when you feel bored. Friends involve you being invested in someone other than yourself. And I don’t think you ever cared for that. [[You’re right. | 17.1]] [[I didn’t know. | 17.2]] [[I tried, ok? | 17.3]]... (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[...|18]]... (set: $mood=$mood-1) [[...|18]]... (set: $mood=$mood+1) [[...|18]](if: $mood > 5)[[[Look, I-|Good]]] (elseif: $mood > 2 and $mood < 6)[[[Look, I-|Medium]]] (else:)[[[Look, I-|Bad]]][[I’m sorry. Your friendship means a lot to me. Most of the time, when I’m an asshole, it’s my way of playing or joking with someone, but I’ve abused that trust. I have a tendency to take for granted those I’m familiar with.|G2]][[I don’t know what to say. I’m sorry. But I never intended to do any of this to you. Nothing has changed for me. And I cherish your friendship more now than any other time. |M2]]You know what? Fuck you. I wanted to meet with you because I thought you could explain yourself. I thought you would recognize what a dick you’ve been. But clearly you haven’t. Why do you always have to think everything is only about you. Just… don’t talk to me ever again. Ok? [[...|End]]Look, I wasn’t trying to put you on the spot or demonize you, but I needed to tell you how I feel. I appreciate you listening Matt. I don’t want to lose you as a friend. But I need you to change. [[I will.|G3]]Cool. Look, I have to go. Thanks for meeting with me, Matt. [[Yeah, I’ll see you around.|End]]...I don’t want a half-hearted apology. I wasn’t trying to put you on the spot, but you needed to know the type of person you were to me. I don't like doing this, but I don't want to talk to you if you're going to continue being a self-centered asshole. I just want you to recognize that your actions have consequences on the people around you. Look, I have to go. Thanks for meeting with me. [[Yeah, I’ll see you around. |End]]