He offered to help find me a job.

I told him that I felt trepidation about talking, and he went on to blame me for being ableist, because I cut him off when he told me I’m not trans.

He claimed to be Palestinian now, despite his parents being Arab and Romanian.

He said it was problematic that I told him he was aggressive in a way that implies it’s racist to ever claim a Palestinian could be aggressive. Not even going to unpack that…

And somehow as per usual he pulled the narcissistic trick of not only failing to admit any fault, but finding a way to blame me and make me feel awful.

Finally I blocked him on LinkedIn too. It’s hard as he was the one friend I had consistently spent time with since early childhood until a few years ago.

I just hate that he seems to have learned nothing.

Also obviously I said that I’m neurodivergent too, and it’s not an excuse. I don’t act that way.

It makes me sad but also stressed out.

I guess I’ll continue never talking to him again if I can help it.