I was with you until about here.
He's actually quite talented in the field we worked in together. (Hint: Not vidya games)
Whoa, really? Details, man!
We fell out of touch for a few years because I'm a crazy person who turned into a total hermit for a long time. I mean, we're talking delete my net presence, turn off my phone, total goddamn hermit. Back when he first started doing freelance for me, it was back about 2000, and he was young enough I had to have his parents sign a form allowing him to do freelance work, and his parents had to sign his NDA's for some of the projects we worked on together. He was your typical teenager back then, but, weirdly enough, with a lot less teenage bullshit angst than most of the teenagers in the circles at the time. He kind of went nuts after we fell out of contact.
He's actually a good guy, unless they managed to grind him down that far. And holy shit, is that ideology and those people toxic. I had a run-in with the whole thing when I was in college a few years back. I mean, holy shit, the things they do to people remind me of those cults in the 80's to the point where you could probably make big bucks acting as a deprogrammer.
Whoa, were we right again? It's so great when we're right.
I've been married a long time. My few friends I have have been married a long time. One thing, is that the people like the ones he's hanging out with are toxic to marriages. (two acquaintances I know had their marriages destroyed by toxic SJW/progressive identity bullshit) No wife likes to see their husband reduced to a quivering fearful mass, tied to social media with people who will attack him at any second. First comes concern, then contempt, and marriages can be destroyed when one spouse has contempt. I mean, maybe she likes that her husband is now an anime porn consuming masturbator who donates part of their tight wages to modern day carnies, I'm not one to kink-shame.
I don't
know his marriage needs fixing, but I've seen this shit before. Unless she actually likes being married to someone who is pussywhipped by trannies and travelling carnie hucksters on the internet, who's self-esteem is pretty much non-existent, who's "friends" aren't helping him and his contacts spend more time bitching at him for perceived transgressions than actually assisting him. I mean, maybe it's her thing, you know, being an office professional and all.
But I worry that he doesn't have anyone to talk to. I mean, seriously, would you really trust that pack of harpies, tie-dyed back alley clowns, and just plain weirdos with the inner workings of your marriage, when we all know that he has the sin of being a white male and so nothing is anyone's fault but his, and he just needs to check his privilege?
At any rate, welcome to the Farms, & Semper Fidelis to all are armed cripples injured in the line of duty.

I'm assuming you're ex-military, anyway. Sounds like Daveykins also had a problem with that? Would love to hear more about your interactions with the Great Canuck Cuck when you get a chance.
Actually, back in the day, David had no problem with the fact I was, at one time, a government sponsored armed drunken retard. Hell, we knew each other pre-9-11, before people like me unfortunately became more common. Hell, he even talked me down a few times when I got drunk and was pissed off at the world. Back then, he
seemed to be on the same page as me: Invading that rocky shithole Afghanistan was fine, invading that den of retards called Iraq was stupid as shit. He was proud as hell of his grandfather (which I was sorry to hear about going) and his family's history.
Like I said, thanks for the welcome.