A friend's negativity is really getting to me. It's been getting to me a lot, but I let myself stay in a friendship with him (and I allow myself to get annoyed). Maybe it's time for a break. I don't mean permanent. He can continue being the way he is, but I am going to choose to not be around it. There comes a time when you can let something go, but if you notice it happening a lot, then what's the point? I have passed the patience tests!

I made a cryptic Facebook status update, and he text messaged me asking me what it was about. When I told him I did 10 pullups, he messaged back saying "I thought you were ignoring me."

Like who turns a friend's good news into something about them? And whenever I ask him for cooking advice, he tends to put down whatever I am doing, or he doesn't want to answer.

The text messages he sends to me are usually about people who are annoying him at home and work any other places he goes to (supermarket, bus, Skytrain). One of his favourite things to say is "I hate people." And then he says nobody has time to hang out with him.

He's already told the universe that he hates people, so why in the world would people want to be around him? When I mentioned that, he said, "well, people are all coupled up..." I just roll my eyes and let him think of excuses for people. In my (humble) opinion, you can find a way to spend time with someone if you really want to.

Again, it's mind over matter.

I heard about energy vampires a while ago, and then I found this article today: http://www.craigharper.com.au... (it's an oldie but an applicable goodie!)