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[Zues126]

I wouldn't reply to that. You need to enforce a boundary where you will not be dictated to or condescended to. If he does it, don't debate or explain how he's doing it, because he won't admit it, he'll make it your fault. YOU decide when the boundary is crossed, and if he does, you walk away and don't engage. He'll stamp and pout and use that as an example that you're unreasonable, but at some point he'll have to face the reality that you aren't there playing with him anymore. Take the batteries out of the 'Kyrie game' he keeps playing and let him go a week or a month and see that you're not responding when he tries to push your buttons. Keep moving forward with your life. At some point he'll have to decide if he wants to pull his $hit together and have a relationship with you or if he wants to keep pressing buttons that don't do anything as you fade from his life. But that only works if you do your part. So maybe you need to get tired enough of this circle to break your part of the dance. You'll get there.