<p>long story short, i hang out with this guy who quite frankly gets me mad. i mean we only started hanging out because it was orientation and we didn't really know anybody, but whenever i'm with him, it seems all we do is disagree and fight. quite frankly, the only reason i don't break it off and totally ignore him is 1. its not in me to be disloyal to a friendship like that, no matter how bad, 2. he lives in the floor above mine so it can get kinda awkward if i keep on ignoring his calls, and 3. i don't really have another group of people i can consistently hang out with. so how do i get rid of him w/o being too mean?</p>
<p>I don’t get it…you just listed 3 reasons why you don’t want to get rid of him…</p>
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What’s that word? Frenemies? That sounds like what you have. Not a friendship. Friendships shouldn’t be painful. </p>
<p>Think of it this way. If you had a friend, how would you want said friend to approach you and tell you he didn’t want to be friends with you anymore? Take that and use it with him.</p>
<p>Or: you don’t have to draw lines and stop being his friend, but try gradually distancing yourself from him.</p>
<p>Guns make ppl go away.</p>
<p>i think you subconsciously like him</p>
<p>a complete guide [YouTube</a> - Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your lover](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTiyLuZOs1A]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTiyLuZOs1A)</p>
<p>Get involved in campus clubs or other activities, and meet some more people. If he’s not interested in those activities, then that’s a way to pull away from him. If you’re interested in the same activities, you may find that getting to know more people and having a larger group will cut down on the conflict between the two of you.</p>
<p>Just ignore him.</p>
<p>My roommate for some reason thinks we are bestest friends forever and I have just stopped talking to her and inviting her places and she has gotten the hint I think. Whenever she asks me to do something I say I don’t know if I am free and whenever she calls me I say my phone was on silent. xD</p>
<p>Yeah, just say you’re really busy whenever he wants to hang out, and he’ll get the message that he’s not your top priority.</p>
<p>Maybe you should get together with all these people on CC who are desperate for making friends and swap some tips.</p>
<p>"Just ignore him.</p>
<p>My roommate for some reason thinks we are bestest friends forever and I have just stopped talking to her and inviting her places and she has gotten the hint I think. Whenever she asks me to do something I say I don’t know if I am free and whenever she calls me I say my phone was on silent. xD"</p>
<p>^^sorry but that sounds like a dbag move… just be a man and say you’re not really feelin em like that.</p>
<p>^Agreed. What is this, middle school? Seriously. Don’t beat around the bush like an a-hole.</p>
<p>No, thanks. That’s sufficient.</p>
<p>“Guns make ppl go away.”</p>
<p>that’s what i thought when i first read the title…:|</p>
<p>I want to murder my fatass roommate. All he does is go to class, come back to the room, watch TV, go on FB and play bejewled (which he’s doing right now) eat (lunch, dinner AND late night) and sleep. And he listens to crappy screamo music. I’m about to just punch him in the face and throw him out the window.</p>
<p>AND late night? Oh the HORROR!</p>
<p>Look what Taco Bell and their late night specials have done to the world.</p>
<p>“My roommate for some reason thinks we are bestest friends forever and I have just stopped talking to her and inviting her places and she has gotten the hint I think. Whenever she asks me to do something I say I don’t know if I am free and whenever she calls me I say my phone was on silent. xD”</p>
<p>That’s pathetic. I’m pretty sure my 16 year old sister has grown out of that kind of crap.</p>
<p>I’m curious what the people who oppose ignoring the annoying person actually recommend doing. If I were the “annoying” friend, I would feel worse if somebody told me flat out that they didn’t like me than if they just kind of drifted away.</p>
<p>If I annoyed someone, I’d much prefer that they told me honestly–being honest doesn’t mean you can’t be tactful, after all–than that they string me around by telling me that they like me, acting friendly, than ignoring me and sending mixed messages. I hate beat-aroaund-the-bush passive-aggresssive bullcrap. Come on, guys, grow up.</p>