I saw wildebeast as well, in an online encyclopedia.
I understand that and I agree. But there are situations where people are SELF DESTRUCTIVE and they WILL bring you down with them because that's the type of person they are. I honestly don't know, cause I don't know this female. Neither do you, so we're all speculating, as usual.
However, if I had a friend who constantly relied on me for EVERYTHING, I would probably stop talking to them. It's one thing to have a friend you can depend on, but it's another to NEED that person to be there FOR you. There are friends that ask TOO much of others. In this case, her being a complete basket case doesn't qualify as not talking to her, she might just have issues...but if she's taking him down with her (causing him more stress than the friendship is really worth, or what have you) then he needs to drop that bitch like she's got the clap.
No point in putting in more effort than someone else is willing to put forth, especially when it's for the person not doing shit. You CANNOT help someone that won't help themself, it just can't be done, they will revert to their old ways unless THEY LEARN THE HARD WAY....which is how most people HAVE to learn things to have it engrained in their brain....
There aren't enough people in the world that learn from people caring about them, most people have to learn by losing friends and companions, but that's just my experience in life.