Or is it not my place? My brother in law has a childhood friend. Let’s call him Aaron. Aaron has a tendency of making people uncomfortable, despite him being an overall nice person. For example, the other day we were at a cafe and he randomly asked if I know what necrophilia is. I answered “yes, why?” to which he looked down and laughed under his breath, still not answering the question. I’m pretty sure he’s somewhere on the spectrum.
He has an odd fascination with having large lavish meals with friends and family. He’s often asking about going to expensive all you can eat places. Most of the time, he offers to pay for everyone. He’s super generous but we often decline so we don’t feel like we owe him anything. I think it’s his way of trying to buy our friendship. Recently, I’ve introduced him to our running group and Aaron has been desperately asking everyone about plans to eat out multiple times a week. Some people have stopped responding to the group chat entirely and have pulled me aside to let me know they’re getting uncomfortable. What’s the best way to go about this?