How do you tactfully handle dealing with a needy friend - especially one that has recently moved back into town after having been gone for 7 years. It's a tough situation for me to balance - my friend has been a close friend for nearly 40 years.
He moved away just a few months before I met my wife. So we were both single, then he left and I met Kim, and as with most healthy relationships, she has been my best friend since we started dating. Now he is back, and looking for things to be like they were before he left, and I have have all the things going on that have become part of my life over the past 7 years. To be fair, I'm spending less time with him than I'd like to, but more time than with any other friend (outside of my wife). I definitely get the feeling he has far fewer options for how to spend his free time, and I'm sure that is where the tension is coming from.
Maybe I should have been more active with my live journal account. For now, I think I need to knead my wife's stiff neck.
It''s good to be needed. :)
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