Should I keep this friend?

Question

I befriended this kid who was working at my local ice rink (he's a hockey player, and I'm a male figure skater, and no, I'm not whatever may pop up in your head) 2 weeks ago. When we just met, he was very active and fun to talk to.

But after I've befriended with him, every time I see him at the rink, he doesn't talk to me anymore. I tried to talk to him but it seemed as if he was trying to end the conversation quickly with short replies, like "yeah" or "sure" or "I don't know". I called him up and asked if he wanted to do anything on a weekend (still he answered with short replies), and at the last minute (11:23 pm the night before), he called and said his mom made him do chores.

So, even though I've only known him shortly, I'm very curious if this is the behavior of a friend. Should I try to find out what's going on or not? If yes, then how? What should I ask him?

Answer 1

Sometimes I reply in short answers when I dont wanna talk to people and that type of stuff has happened to me before. Just forget about it, it isn't the behavior of a real friend. I mean if you suspect anything SERIOUSLY wrong, then by all means, try and find out the problem.

But to me it sounds like he just wants some space or something so let him have it. And if he does want to talk to you, then he will come to you. That's why most of the time when it comes to calling up people to hang and stuff I'm usually not the one to initiate it because chances are that person will start acting shady for no reason.

Anyways good luck. =]