If you want to use someone as a job reference, it's probably best not to treat them like used garbage beforehand. Or is that just us? This guy was “best” friends with his partner in crime before uncomfortable vulnerability drove a wedge in their relationship. The poster of the topic describes that he felt as if the two had grown close enough that he could open up to his friend more. He tried his “absolute best not to trauma dump,” but something in what he said scared his friend away. What is it…