<human>: So I've been friends with *Nick* since we were both tiny. We went to the same schools until we went to different colleges. We weren't firm friends throughout, but he was one of my best friends in the last few years before college. 

Then we both went to opposite ends of the country and inevitably our contact became more occasional; facebook chats every now and again, briefly seeing each other in the holidays etc. We did visit each other in our first year there, but it was a gradual cut off until we basically had no contact for a year. Until a few months ago I reached out and started a casual conversation (on facebook), we got talking again and have since met up a couple of times and basically reconnected.

HOWEVER the problem is it I literally (I don't use that phrase lightly) am always starting the conversation. I have invited him to this/that/the other a few times and he has either made excuses or ignored it. He never sends me any sort of communication without me initiating it.

This would be a dead easy situation to talk about if it was a GF, but honestly its two old friends, its *awkward*! Its like talking to a work colleague, you have to build up a proper rapport before you can hand out advice. 

The intuitive reason would be "he doesn't want to be my friend as much as I do back" but I don't think its the case, he seems to spend a lot of his time on his own and seemed genuinely happy to see me when we were face to face. His excuses for not going to things I've invited him to have been genuine. I think he is just lazy; we've fallen into a pattern of me starting the conversation and he is fine with it. And I fear that if I stop doing so and wait for him to chat, we'll just lose contact again.

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<bot>: Reconnected with a friend, I'm having to do all the legwork in us seeing/speaking to each other and am getting annoyed at him!