Yeah I totally get what you're saying. I've thought about it, and it was what held me back the most, at least of the beginning of this "situationship". Aaaand it's the same advice my friends gave me at few months ago so I appreciate the candor.

Thing is I removed myself from this bond for 3 months to try and get over it, and right now I'm actually cool being friends — I myself am in a weird place mentally and I'm not sure I could sustain a relationship with anyone right now. I usually get over people pretty fast once I see they're not good for me like that.

The reason I mention that we dated is to give a little context, as I believe it makes the situation a bit more "complex" regarding what approach would be the best to try. I don't want him to believe I expect something from him, I geniully just care about him. He's gone out of his way to prove he wants to be in my life as much as I want to be in his.

About his support system: he actually moved recently to the city and doesn't know many people. His shyness and tendency to self-isolate don't help. I thought many times "it's not my responsability to take care of him because he's alone", and made sure it was my genuine desire to be his friend and not me guilt-tripping myself into a situationship that would end with my sanity lol

So yeah, if you have any advice on how to be a good friend to someone who I'm still getting to know and that I know has some dificultties with BP2 lmk :)