
Honestly tho knowing people like him irl it irks me. I used to hang out with people like him and they would always come to me with their problems and I would comfort them about how deserving of love they are. I wanted to make them feel better about themselves and know that I was by their side but when I was having a hard time and was an emotional wreck, they suddenly had things to do and didn't contact me for a while until I got 'better'. They had messy relationships and would ask for my advice and only choose which one they liked best. They ignored me when they wanted to, jumping person to person, and acted like a victim all the time. They had low self esteem yes, but I couldn't help them because they wouldn't help themselves. They are content with using other people and never changing themselves. The MC is the same. He has a support group and people willing to help him, but obviously he is fine staying as is so it's not worth it imo.

Oh yeah your rightttt, thanks for pointing that out, but your right the friend is kind of the asshole playing someone and then giving them mc’s number just so mc would stop doing whatever mc was doing. And then everything was a mess, tbh the friend should’ve at least tried to go another way instead of that
I can see a lot of people don’t really like the mc and all, and yes I see that what he did was terrible and catfishing is a big no, but I don’t really care about the present situation but the past (I know it sounds weird but hear me out) and tbh I feel really bad for the mc and his low selfsteem that’s why he is always with bad people and he couldn’t stay with someone much and he couldn’t really feel what a real relationship is like.(sorry if it makes no sense or is very confusing) Yes I felt a bit weirded out about the phone sex btw but what bothered me was what made him feel inferior and less attracted to long term relationships