I really need a break from my friend.
I’m exhausted, and he doesn’t understand because his brain is always in high gear and he usually gets by with 6 hours of sleep.
It’s not that I have anything against him, I just feel like I need a full couple of days a week where we don’t interact.
How do I tell him this without hurting his feelings?
Maybe try telling him you’re “not feeling well” and need some “solitude” or “alone time”. If that doesn’t work, you could just ghost him for a couple days. I’m not sure tbh, I’m horrible with relationships. But best of luck, i know your feel.
Just thank God you’re not married to him. I really don’t know what to say
I think u should just tell him what u just said. Its nothing wrong with that. He deserves to know the truth no?
Use I statements and dont tell him you need a break from him specifically. Just say you’re overwhelmed and need some time alone.
Theres no way to tell someone you need space without hurting their feelings, so you can either skirt around it and tell them without telling them, or you can rip the bandaid off and be direct, which will lead to conflict.
Is this the same friend who gets upset easily?
Like,”I feel I need a few days alone”
Say you value alone time and you need a couple days a week of no contact with your friends so you can gather your thoughts and decompress.
I have a friend who used to text me from the moment she woke up until she fell asleep at night. I had to tell her I needed some time for my own head as well as for my family. She doesn’t do that anymore. When I explained it to her like that she understood.
Yes it is 
I tried to tell him, but he predictably overreacted. He suggested I switched my rest day to mondays, which would mean I’d only have half a day to myself in a week.
I declined, and he said if I wanted to cut down on our time together it would make him feel like I didn’t appreciate him, and we could only see each other one hour a week to make sure I had enough space.
Long story short, I let him blackmail me into giving up my rest sundays.
I’m so stressed and frustrated. I want to see him, but not all the time, and I don’t feel like my reasons for not wanting to see him are ever good enough.
They’re always met with “you promised you wouldn’t cut down on our time together”
Tell him you are not his saviour. Experienced woman know never take a man stationary, or ambulant. We got hospitals for that. Unless you want to save him.
He is abusing you. This is what abuse looks like.
Maybe you should commit to not seeing or talking to him for two entire weeks, and then see how much your self-esteem improves without him around to constantly tell you that you’re not good enough.
is this dude your boyfriend? Why is he holding you hostage over this?
I’ve done that once. It felt good, although I missed being able to share things with him.
I just wish things wouldn’t be either/or with him
You can wish all you want. But you won’t suddenly turn him into a different person by hoping for it. You know who he is and how he will treat you. It’s just up to you if you want to be treated like garbage every day.
If he’s a real friend he’ll have enough respect for you to understand. Just spell if out for him, letting him know you value him, but he’s too much of a good thing.
That’s an inappropriate and insensitive thing to say
Tell him what my friend tells me, “I got to hibernate for a few days or weeks or whatever”.
You cannot bury the truth, but you can delete it. Forgetting is so convenient. Revenge is sweet, selfdenial is bitter.