Yeah, I think he's realizing and lamenting that he killed not the goose that layed the golden egg, but the only goose that would still talk to him! I have a chatterbox in my life too that I have simply stopped responding to. You have to let them have the last word - I guess I fidnt realize how much I was that person, until you run into a person who talks more than you do. I think I at least listen! Idk.

But times have changed. I remember the time this woman on 60 Minutes said, "oh yeah I slept with a lot of guys without condoms before I realised I had herpes." It was like the fun part of the sexual revolution ended right then and there. Your "buddy" is stuck back before that time.