So I (19M) I’ve known this guy (19M) for around 2 years but we have only been friends for around 7 months. At first he seemed like a genuinely nice person and he had good intentions but as time went on, it seemed like an image that he had keep up so he was always the ‘nice guy’. One thing I started to notice is that he always goes on about how nice he is and he wants to be like a ‘father figure’ in our friendship group. At first when he mentioned this I didn’t think much of it but he’s repeated this numerous times during the 7 months we have been friends. He is also easily irritated and annoyed. Examples of this have been when I have said something about a relationship he has. I said that “living with someone is completely different than a long distance relationship and that more work is required to live with someone as you get to know them fully”. Or when he disagreed with something I have said or just recently on discord when he mentioned someone he didn’t like and I said ‘I know who he is, you’ve mentioned him a few times’. He got really angry at this statement and went silent for like an hour and eventually did an Irish good bye. He has gone silent and has ignored me multiple times in instances like this and will not reach out to me if he’s annoyed or upset with me but will tell our other friend (let’s call her Abie) instead. I have spoke to him a few times about this and he said he will change how he reacts to things and will be “the bigger person”. This has happened every time and it is annoying when he doesn’t come to me for the problems. Another instance is that one of my friends dog has just died and I was confronting her and he came up to us asking if she wanted a hug and that his hugs are the best hugs and she should hug him instead. I’m not sure if that’s a nitpick but this annoyed me. I understand he may not want to talk to me about how he is feeling when stuff like this happens and I’m not invalidating how he feels. I’ve mentioned this to him as well but nothing has changed. When I share my frustration with Abie, she seems to be defending how he acts and that I should just wait it out and see what he says. From what I’ve witnessed it seems this friend might be narcissistic and wants me to “chase” after him when ‘fights’ happen. AITA for wanting to end this friendship even if it will cause a divide in the friendship group. Any advice is appreciated