A friend of mine has an embarrassing problem

in what context does the friend bring up the embarrassing problem? we need details. and i care. someone needs to care

but do not expect to find a bartender who cares. this is a monstrous fiction that has been carried over from such suspect sources as 1930s B-movies and New Yorker cartoons. if your friend needs someone to pretend they care I recommend finding a small, cozy neighborhood bar at about 3:30 pm, then buying rounds for the steady early-afternoon patrons. they are likely to impersonate caring at least to whatever level of sobriety they have not succeeded in obliterating, as this may lead to more free drinks.if this problem is too embarrassing to discuss with strangers while sober, I suggest they start drinking somewhere else at 1 pm, then switch bars at 3:30 pm, so as to preserve their novelty.

This method has never failed me, since I only just now invented it.

what is "embarrassing"? it's one thing when it happens, but it's another 20 years later. the current embarrassing problem will later be legendary

like watergate, for example

xp aimless i feel a natural drift toward that early-afternoon bar patronhood, i just need to find the right time and place to settle into it

in the meantime, as practice, you could hang out here in Ask a Drunk and stare morosely at the walls

i had a similar experience in oaxaca