Rodney

This is one of those guys who takes and doesn't give. When he was down in the dumps you helped him because you felt sympathy, and of course everybody needs help sometimes; but when he pulled out of it, he kept taking from you without giving back. The only thing to do is move on.

Easier said than done. it's easy to remember past wrongs from some guy and feel the anger fresh and hot all over again. I've got something like that going now, although in an entirely different situation. But that kind of memory/anger response is almost a habit. If you just try to move on mentally and not dwell on him, it'll begin to fade over time.

Without thumping a bible here -- good thing, too, because I'm agnostic -- it's worth listening to what the bible says about forgiveness. Forgiveness isn't for the benefit of the other guy -- it's for _you,_ so you can get this guy out of your mind and move on. Because as long as you keep the grudge and stay mad at him, he's still running your life. Only when you let go of the anger toward him and move on do you get your life back. Not that you should ever trust him again, of course, or let him back into your life (and he sounds like the kind of guy who'd try, if he really needed something out of you).