Homeless friend

>>18556955
>I also have my own life to worry about

Solved your own problem OP

With a boat comes repairs, fuel, etc.. and it's not even your boat. Are you really going to treat this friend like this til the end? You gotta draw the line somewhere.

>>18556965
I know for a fact though that if I were in his shoes he would give me the money. Also he basically kept me sane through a bad trip/freak out and I feel like Im just abandoning him if I don't do this

>>18556955
Don't give him any more money. Your time, maybe, but you have to cut him off. I have a longtime friend who is a great bud of mine, but he's fucking retarded when it comes to money and responsibility, and spends his dough on video games and loot crates instead of saving for a car or something worthwhile. I've wanted to help him for so long, but the most I do is buy him some McDicks when we go out, cause anytime you give these people the means to survive, it enables their shitty behavior and they don't learn and it sucks to watch them be shitty, but they have to "get it" before you start giving them stuff, especially money.

Plus, you have 2500 dollars right now and he wants 4/5 of that? Fuck off with that logic, you have your own life to worry about.

>>18556983
I feel like it's been leading up to me drawing the line, and that's what it's more about, not so much the money but like wtf happens after I draw the line?

>>18557000
Well digits confirm I guess fuck

tell him get his life together, rather than venture off on a fucking boat.

>>18557030
He just wants the boat for a place to live he's gonna get a job near the marina but still

>>18557046
yeah no that is pants on head retarded

>>18557046
no mate. thats not a real plan.

>>18557057
>>18557046
and this is coming from a guy who wants to live the vandweller life

You can only help out a person if they want to be helped. You gave him support and love, but he has to put in effort.

He doesnt REQUIRE to be on a boat in order to live, just like you are not required to have a Mercedes in order to drive. He can live just fine in a shelter.

Youve done enough for his ass, it's time for him to grow up. Time for some tough love OP (and this is coming from a dude whose friend is homeless too).

>in the past 2 months me and our other buddy have probably spent 3000 dollars on him

I'm very curious how

>>18557113
It's a really long story, but this is basically what happened
>worked in hvac for 7 months and saved up 7000
>we have a friend who deals
>knows a lot of people who also deal
>lines up a deal for us to buy a pound of dab oil for 9000
>the day comes to leave to drive to Portland and my buddy ends up only having like a grand
>we go anyway and end up paying 8000
>get back and this is when he starts being homeless
>drug dealer friend bought him a motorcycle for 2000
>ends up giving the bike to a different kid and decides he's going to live in the woods and grow weed
>spend 500 on supplies for him sleeping bag hammock tarps a grill all that shit
>gas is 50 bucks a trip 4 hours there and back and we made like 5 trips
>also give him another 700 a couple weeks ago when he starts living around our area

So basically he put in like a grand into this scheme and he's already got like 4000 back

>>18557144
what the fuck was your plan with a goddamn pound of dab oil holy shit how much do you smoke

>>18557152
Not smoking it selling it It's really cheap on the west coast and really expensive in new England

>>18557164
spooky

You either
>1. spoil him hoping that his next request is going to give him the necessary autonomy to take off and get off your back
or
>2. draw the line, tell him you'll help him as much as you can, on your own terms, considering you also have your life to take care of
or
>3. take him in, give him closer surveilance and guidance, put him on the right track one step at a time, so that you really spend your money on him more efficiently, until he's got a job, an apartment and some autonomy

2 implies an emotional detachment from him in those situations in which as muc as you want to help you can't (i.e. boat)
3 means you'll have to dedicate more of your time to help him out but it'll definitely be better than him staying in some 2hr distance woods you have to drive to.

Also the boat idea is as stupid as you can get
see >>18556983 think about documentation, licenses, docking fees, inspections, and whatnot. It's a money plot.