A friend and I stopped talking to each other over the summer. He was annoying the hell out if me and I needed space. We started talking again a month or two ago.

I've been keeping emotional distance by talking about once a week instead of everyday with him.

Today we talked and it was just...I felt bad about myself after. He's smart. And I am too. But he has a really good memory and assumes everyone wants to hear all the random info he knows. I've been struggling with focus lately too. So a few times I'd have to say "I'm not following." Though honestly, I also don't care about being taught random facts in a conversation, unless I ask about it.

At worst, he's a pretentious know it all. At best, he has low EQ but high IQ and just doesn't understand that I don't want to hear this stuff.

Do I need to work on my self esteem? Or does he need to work on his emotional intelligence? Or both?