Rinse, repeat, replay

[Raine]

Okay I think I can handle that. I'll respond back to his game requests and just keep up the normal, not contacting him, just responding at some point when he does with me "friendship."

What you're saying makes a lot of sense with the they can't handle the lengthy conversation. He will call me up or talk to me before he leaves after being with the boys, and it's about a 10 minute conversation each time, before he will abruptly say, "Well I need to go." He wants to tell me about this, that, and whatever. Sometimes it's like a report of what he bought, where he went, who he hung out with. I'm always positive towards him about things: "Those are nice, that sounds fun." I rarely even ask clarifying questions. He rarely asks anything about me, and when he does he acts like he shouldn't have. I don't ever tell him anything, I just listen to him. I'm just my happy self and it's surprising to think how much I treat him like a friend, who doesn't care what he is buying or doing, just happy if he likes it. That has been one thing that is good, is he has been very good with spending, but always has been.

He has texted me in F-bomb rage at other people, and I'm pretty calm about it and respond with things like, "That is really out of line. What are you going to do about it?" It has been a very long time since he went Monster on me, at least two months.