{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Dave}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Did it occur to you that this guy just may not have the capability to "feel and understand" deep enough to understand what you are saying to him?

My husband is a young teenager emotionally. Very self-centered, demanding just like a teenager would be, but the hardest lesson I had to learn about him is that he just isn't capable of giving and showing mature love. He didn't grow up emotionally. He's not stupid by any means, but he simply can't understand why he is expected to return the mature love that is given him.

Maybe that's what's wrong with your friend. It's really frustrating and hurtful, isn't it?

Dave, refresh my memory; are you taking anti-depressants? If you are, they don't seem to be doing their job. Maybe you need an increase? This really is taking too long for you, isn't it?

<font color=blue>"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt" --Shakespeare</font color=blue>