Some people are just unhappy in themselves and have to have something to grumble about and someone to grumble at and criticise. I assume he’s retired. Does he have a lot of time on his hands? The “rejection thing”? Is that silent treatment? Mark of a manipulative bully. Do you have your own interests that you can pursue and leave him to his own devices?
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