I don’t burn bridges with anyone. I grew up very isolated and alone and decided early in life to never be part of making people in my life feel that way.

I was the only one to visit my mom at the psych ward despite it being far and us not getting along.

I picked up an abusive ex from a date that had gone terribly wrong late at night.

I stayed on the phone with another toxic ex for a few hours as they nervously went home from a party in a bad area.

There’s lots more examples and it’s pretty much always a pain in the ass, but everyone should have someone to go to. I’m not necessarily nice or dishonest about my feelings, but I won’t leave people hanging.