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We have been friend for 14 years and are both currently going to separate colleges. We generally hangout when I go home to visit my family. I have been depressed for years but I could always put up an act that I was happy or at least alright. These last 2 semesters have been really hard on me and I can't keep up my appearance any more and I'm a real downer right now. I don't care for activities I once did and have been making up excuses and saying I have to do homework. It will be his birthday this weekend and I don't really care to go, I don't care about a lot if things right now. I will also only be a downer on his birthday so that is another reason. My question is, should I tell him I'm sorry but I don't want to go, I've been down a little lately and would like to hangout more in the summer (I relax more in the summer and I'm back to normal) or should I tell him I can't hangout until the summer because of hw and projects, or should I just suck it up and go? I'm made an appointment with a school counselor, thinking that might help my problem. Oh ya I'm one of his closer friends. He always calls me and this his best friend his only friends
<bot>: should I tell my friend I'm down and don't want to hangout right now or say I'm busy with school sorry