Haha, "friends." We all know that these guys usually are just hanging around because they're bf hopefuls who are spinning multiple plates and think that they might add you one day. Don't waste time on them if you can't think of one example of how they were actually a friend.

When in doubt, spend your time working on yourself — don't waste your time trying to instruct or help LVM who won't listen. It's not your job and you're not getting paid.

These LVM "friends" were often just looking for women to be emotional dumping grounds, sources of validation, or free education that they would discard just as freely, because they didn't pay for it and didn't value it. You can't help them, and you're just another source of amusement to them. They will pitch fits about how "selfish" you are to suddenly cut them off from their attention supply, when they were negative value in your life — mute / ignore them and move on.

LVM, you were such a great friend and didn't deserve being dumped? Ok, then you should have no problem making more friends. Why are you so dependent on one woman to validate your poor life choices?