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[quote=Anonymous]Platonic friend with very dramatic and emotional life texts me at 3:30am - 5am at least once a week. We are different time zones. He knows my time zone very well. He also knows that I go to bed early and leave my phone on overnight because my elderly parent lives alone and I worry that I will be called if urgent issues arise. I don’t sleep well, period — never have — and once awake I am up for good. We have covered this. I do not respond to any middle of the night texts until mid day.

I have very few friends these days because I work so much and when I’m not at work, I am with my family. Poor balance, I know. I expect it will change as my child gets older.

Is this friend being inconsiderate? Yes. I know that. Am I lonelier than normal during the pandemic and being too lenient and forgiving? Apparently.

How would you firmly but compassionately say “stop f-ing waking me up; I love you as a friend; we’ve covered this; your drama is not urgent and is not mine to shoulder; I still want and need and love you as a friend but don’t like you very much right now and I am already SO exhausted”?[/quote]

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