— I realized they could be my friends.
— You're serious?
— And then I sobered up.
— Be yourself: cold, uncaring, distant.
— Please, don't put me on a pedestal.
— You don't like her because she's a psychiatrist.
— I'm a complicated man. I loathe her for many reasons.
— I need a change of scenery.
— Buy a plant!
It's too complicated for you to tell someone you don't like to screw off? That's practically your hobby.