[quote=digdug;841846]Can I be totally honest about his career prospects?

When you said that "He quit his job and invested his time to a career he knows only a small percentage of people can make a living at," you weren't specific, but immediately I knew you were talking about writing...later on in your post you confirmed my suspicions.

Thanks for a realistic perspective, it's refreshing. His idea just became writing, it's been painting, canvas stretching, frame building, home-based mycology, and that's all I remember at this point. There have been a lot of problems with every idea. He tends to lie to himself about what the outcome will be, blame others when it doesn't work, waste time with people who can't help him (but he thinks they can,) and move on to something else, never fully committ to one idea, and he hasn't been willing to work and support his ideas like ALL the other artists do in this town.

I won't let myself get sucked into his delusions any longer. I won't let him think that I believe them either. I wanted to be supportive, but when will this ever end???