I am a straight dude. I have a platonic male friend. We occasionally get a coffee or pizza out somewhere, I wouldn’t say we’re close, and we seem to have the same conversation each time. I feel luke-warm about our friendship.
Anyway, when we make plans, I get an update every hour or so leading up to and afterward. “Looking forward to hanging out”. “It’ll be great to get coffee”. “I’m glad we got together”. “Today was a nice day”. …just sort of goes on and on without any prompting. Nothing harmful, but it seems odd, and I respond very sparingly.
I want to tell him “please stop texting me so much” without making him feel badly, but I’m not sure how.