To start, he never gave me a choice about friendship. He started confiding things to me that almost nobody else knows, so I didn't have much of a choice. I'm the only close friend he has right now, but I kind of hate him. He has a huge self-esteem issue, and therefore masks it by acting like he has the biggest ego on the planet. I can't stand to be around him and I don't like talking to him anymore and I try to ignore his texts. This intolerance has built up over the year and a half we've been good friends, so there's still a strong relationship there. But I don't want that. I can't be friends with him for his sake if being around him makes me angry all the time. But he's in a crappy living situation and I know that he needs me. I'm not someone who can just blow him off and say bye. I feel really bad about this. It's going to crush him. But I can't deal with him anymore. How in the world do I handle this?