I have one friend for over 10+ years. Every other friend in my life is a casual friend and could honestly be removed and have little to no impact.

This one 10+ year friend is putting me down hard about not having a girlfriend even though he doesn’t have one himself and he’s gotten a few texting matches on tinder and maybe a few dates but no sex yet. When I call him out for that BS then he just sneers or doesn’t respond.

The worst part is that I think I was kinda his punching bag or someone he can look down upon this whole time and I was too weak to even realize I pretty much carried a mini bully this whole time. It wasn’t all bad and he generally is nice day to day still but the put downs and shit really annoy me. I know he won’t stop and if I ask him too then he will call me a bitch or something.

He’s also like my oldest best friend type character but there is another guy who he’s known for a few years that really seems to be filling that role for him. How pathetic is my shit....losing one of my oldest friends who casually insults me to another guy who’s actually a pretty beast guy(no hate to him).

I don’t go crazy on the insults back because that’s not my style after all these years of just being the quiet one.

It’s gonna be really really tough if I quit with this guy cause then I legitimately have no one and much of my “friends” are just proximity friends of his. If he goes then so does everyone else. No exaggeration.

Do I quietly try to build a social life on the side from scratch while keeping him on the side and as a “catch up” friend like once a week...

OR

Go cold turkey and truly start life all over again.

I’m dreading this so much....I’m 22 btw, final year of school so I got make this years connections count.