I'm just curious, and I mean zero disrespect, but what makes him special? I'm not trying to get you to ditch him, but what did he offer you that makes you so attached? I can see that he is so, so important to you!

I of course don't fully know the nature of this friendship, so forgive me if I'm way off, but it kind of sounds like when a he enters into relationships, you kind of get pushed aside?