Sorry, I did misread about the breakfast. I strongly urge you to interrupt this pattern of having breakfast out with him daily. (or whatever it is.) One day soon, tell him something like this: "Not today, friend. Thanks very much, but I would like to stay home this morning. I'm just in the mood to stay in my pjs and have coffee . . . you go on, yourself." or whatever you can come up with.

It's very unhealthy to let someone else have this much control of what you do everyday. Obviously, you don't have amorous feelings for this guy. Instead of feeling like your using him as a buffer between you and isolation, maybe try taking this interaction to a higher level where you coax him into some activity that gets you bothvout of a rut. Like: "l'm not up to breakfast this morning, but how about coming with me for a walk later through the mall." or whatever.

I am reconnecting with a girlfriend I dropped a few years ago. My new policy is that I won't be as available to her, as I was, for things I don't want to do. For instance, she like going to casinos to gamble, which I have no interest in. Last time she invited me to have dinner with her at a casino, I declined. I told her that it is too boring for me to walk around in circles, while she plays the slots. She was disappointed and I didn't hear from her for awhile, but then she came around recently and we will have lunch soon at a restaurant, unconnected with a casino. I'm learning to renegotiate the terms on which I'll be with people. I believe you may have some room to do that also. Let your imagination roam and think of something to try new.