Help needed

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Opinion needed: would it be a bad idea for me to suggest we meet for coffee once a week, in a public place, to catch up on each other's lives? The "in public" would help me keep the conversation brief and upbeat.

We already talk about once a week (he initiates), but always in private, and I always lose it and start crying and saying things I shouldn't say.

Maybe the next time he initiates a meeting, I could suggest we meet somewhere in public, and not in my backyard?

I miss him and want to see him. I am concerned about being "put out to pasture" while I wait for his MLC to run its course. I want to remain a part of his life, an interesting and upbeat friend who is a great listener.