A fake friend, how to ditch

Skel

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This is kind of off topic but I have had this problem for a long time and to avoid peoples feelings getting hurt I stuck it out.

There is this guy at work, we will call him Fred. I originally started working where he worked about 5 years ago and thats how we met. I am a friendly person, so of course Im pretty much nice to everyone.

Now this guy Ted is basically a huge loser. I dont judge people on looks or how they talk or anything like that which is probably how I got into this trouble in the first place. Ted is a huge fat guy and im not exaggerating. He has a voice kind of like High pitched Eric from the Howard Stern show(if you have ever seen or heard) and is a really really wierd dood.

Im pretty much force dot see him because of my job. It was just a matter of time before he asked me to hang out. Now i didnt really want to but me being the nice guy I am and not really thinking much would come of it, I said sure let me know. Now I dont know how he got my phone number but he literally calls like 5 times a day. I know his number by heart so of course I dont asnwer the phone when i see his digits flash across the screen.

I figured he would get the hint but here I am 4 years later, sigh.
He still leaves me messages and always chases me down at work etc. I have hung out with him maybe a few times out of work and he basically scares everyone away, girls boys, animals you name it. Hes a good kid and all but just not the type of friend I would like to have. Now I blow him off like every day and he still doesent get the message? WTF? So tell me how can i get him off my back without making it uncomfortable for me to work with him?

Oh did I mention his dad is a big time Judge and I work for the state. I dont want to screw up my career either :(
 

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You could always use him for connections! But yo, your situation is messed...next time dont agree to hanging out.
 

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Originally posted by Skel
he basically scares everyone away, girls boys, animals you name it.
lmfao.................
 

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Let me give you an idea that comes from hypnosis. If you're doing therapy with hypnosis and you want to get rid of a bad symptom that a person has had for years, if you take it out "crate blanche" you leave a a void. The problem with the void is that it now needs to be filled with something, and unless the client has enough creativity to create a better "symptom" to fill the void, either he ends up being totally f*cked up, or he will revert to the old symptom.

This is called symptom substitution.

Now think of the friendship you ave with this guy as the bad symptom. If you take it out "carte blanche" i.e you blow him off, or tell him you don't want to hang out with him anymore, you will get unexpected and/or unwanted results. So you need to find a way to fill that void, if you do break your friendship from him. This can be friendship with someone else, or a hobby you can get him into, and then once he's into the new thing, you break it off.

Maybe this will hep.
 

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Originally posted by legolas
Let me give you an idea that comes from hypnosis. If you're doing therapy with hypnosis and you want to get rid of a bad symptom that a person has had for years, if you take it out "crate blanche" you leave a a void. The problem with the void is that it now needs to be filled with something, and unless the client has enough creativity to create a better "symptom" to fill the void, either he ends up being totally f*cked up, or he will revert to the old symptom.

This is called symptom substitution.

Now think of the friendship you ave with this guy as the bad symptom. If you take it out "carte blanche" i.e you blow him off, or tell him you don't want to hang out with him anymore, you will get unexpected and/or unwanted results. So you need to find a way to fill that void, if you do break your friendship from him. This can be friendship with someone else, or a hobby you can get him into, and then once he's into the new thing, you break it off.

Maybe this will hep.
Its not his problem if the other guy is a clomplete loser.I say just tell him to fuck off.
 

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Moved to Discussion.
 

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great, he just emailed me today :(

What's up Jon?

What are you up to this weekend? Give me a call please and email me here and
cc it to my home email address ********@cox.net I think that you have my
# as well just in case ***-****(telephone #).

Later!
Ted
 

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u've got to be gentle, however hideous, he has feelings, obviously quite needy and sensitive..

I think if you feel he wont react very well to the truth, just being busy will keep him at bay for the time being until he finds someone else..
 

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I have had a person like this in my life for the last few years as well. I told him several times I don't want to talk to you, blocked on AIM, no answering of phone calls, etc. but he always managed to somehow creep back into my life. I was a little too nice and usually let him do that. I'm trying to figure out how I can remove his desire to communicate with me. The last time I talked to him I made fun of his weight and told him he's never gonna lose weight and he stopped talking to me there and hasn't for a few days. We'll see how it ends up.
 

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Tried telling him that many times throughout the years. It didn't sink in. So now I'm being a tough guy and making fun of his weight lolololol
 

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Look I have a idea, blow him off in a nice way. Just tell him that you are going out on a date with ------- and you have wanted to do this for a long time. Then the next weekend make up some thing similer he will get the idea. Or you can take the upfront approch and tell him that he is a work friend, some one to hang out with at work. But please have pitty, on the fat man. He probably scares off half of his "kind of friends". Don't be a complete ass to him. where would that get you?

Doppel Come on man your "19" grow up, you dont need to be makeing fun of people any more that is childish Sh!t. Besides did it really make you feel like a "big man", telling some one lesser than you off. Dude come on.

Ryan
 

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Um, annoy the hell out of him. Talk about things that totally bore him. Answer him whenever he calls, but yammer on about something extremely boring... You not hanging with him is only going to make him try to hang with you more because that's what deprivation does. Basically kill him with attention and kindness.
 

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Originally posted by 4afe
Look I have a idea, blow him off in a nice way. Just tell him that you are going out on a date with ------- and you have wanted to do this for a long time. Then the next weekend make up some thing similer he will get the idea. Or you can take the upfront approch and tell him that he is a work friend, some one to hang out with at work. But please have pitty, on the fat man. He probably scares off half of his "kind of friends". Don't be a complete ass to him. where would that get you?

Doppel Come on man your "19" grow up, you dont need to be makeing fun of people any more that is childish Sh!t. Besides did it really make you feel like a "big man", telling some one lesser than you off. Dude come on.

Ryan
I'm actually 14 I just made that age up lololol
 

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Originally posted by KevM2
Um, annoy the hell out of him. Talk about things that totally bore him. Answer him whenever he calls, but yammer on about something extremely boring... You not hanging with him is only going to make him try to hang with you more because that's what deprivation does. Basically kill him with attention and kindness.
no waaaay this will work. fat boy is craving bookoo attention. if Skel gives it to him, he'll have a major problem on his hands.

this has gone on for 4 years? jeeze...

1) try to set him up with fat girl. this should do it.

2) find another guy at your work whom you don't really like (and who is also a loser) and "set them up". you know..."hey Ted, Joe Blow thinks you're really cool and wants to hang wit ya'."

3) just tell him flat out that you don't have time to hang around. sounds like you already tried this, though.

good luck...
 

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Originally posted by KevM2
Um, annoy the hell out of him. Talk about things that totally bore him. Answer him whenever he calls, but yammer on about something extremely boring... You not hanging with him is only going to make him try to hang with you more because that's what deprivation does. Basically kill him with attention and kindness.
I totally agree with this. Its the hard route to take, but ultimately, is the most effective.

Its like sex. If a girl won't give it to you, you'll just want more and more. If she gives it to you too much, it gets boring.
 

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Ohh Doppel thats great do destroy other people like that. :rolleyes:
 
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