Friendship

I have a friend from high school whom I've recently been in touch with. We e-mail almost daily and have gotten to know each other all over again. He's a very bitter person and he doesn't see it. He tends to think that everyone needs to be just like him and if you're not, then there is something wrong with you. He doesn't want to hear anything that might contradict with what he believes in. And it's very frustrating. He's single and he can't figure out why. He's been seeing this one woman, and she's gotten a little on the heavier side since they started dating. Part of it is because she is now working 2 jobs. He doesn't understand that some people have to do that and can't spend all of their time at the gym. He thinks that she wants to now be heavy. He refuses to accept that not everyone is so consumed with weight. He thinks he's heavy, and he's not - he's still in good shape.

It just gets frustrating that he thinks everything should be black and white. It's not that way. He used to be interested in me, but he's basically said that he wouldn't be interested anymore since I'm not skinny like I was in high school. Hello, that was over 20 years ago. And the more we talk, the more I don't even want him to be interested. And that's sad because we do have some fun conversations.