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It sounds like he has low

Submitted by plonkee on March 19, 2008 - 04:43.

It sounds like he has low self esteem and that he's not much fun to be around.

I agree with Jo that it's controlling. Probably not consciously so, but your friend is trying to make himself feel better by being seen as the big man and is ignoring the fact that it makes everyone else unhappy.

He may refuse to 'get' that this behaviour is disliked, but it will almost certainly cause him to lose friends. You could try explaining it to him, but I wouldn't hold out much luck.

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