Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Me and my friend (let's call him "Rob") are males in our mid/late 30s. He's been a close friend of mine for almost 20 years now. I'm married with two kids, but Rob is single and lives alone. He's a bit of a hypochondriac, and suffers from crazy anxiety. Last summer he recently moved to my neighborhood after living out of state for 5 years. Over the years Rob has called me to ask about various health issues he's been dealing with. Everything from skin stuff to stomach/digestive stuff, to mental/emotional stuff. I've always tried to be supportive and helpful, and give him the best advice I know how. 

A couple months ago (after moving back here) he asked if I could take him to the ER because he was having shortness of breath, tightness in his chest, high heartrate, etc... So I took him, even though it was a really bad time for me and caused some issues with my wife because I had to drop what I was doing. His diagnosis ended up being "stress", I believe.

The reason it was an issue is my life is fairly tightly scheduled: Our oldest son is severely autistic and has *all* the ADHD (it's pretty bad). He's 6 years old, non-verbal, and requires heavy therapy and \_constant\_ attention, and it's severely draining on my wife and I. Luckily I work from home and have a flexible work schedule, otherwise I'm not sure what we'd do lol. Basically taking any kind of time away from my family is a \_big deal\_. Rob knows this.

This brings me to today.

Rob called me up today while I was out with my family asking if I could take him to the Urgent Care, citing dizziness/light-headedness. He's been expressing feeling under the weather for a few days, so it wasn't terribly surprising. 

I texted him and told him I was out and about, but I'd let him know when I get home in about an hour. I said that it was just a bad time for me, that I couldn't make it out of the house right now. I suggested he get Walmart or even 7/11 to deliver some Tylenol or something since they do that in our area, and to keep hydrated and get some rest. I also suggested he call an Uber if he really needed to go the ER/Urgent Care.

He said that he hates being alone and that it was more about having a friend there than the actual logistics of getting a ride.

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I feel bad for him, I do. I just hate being guilt-tripped when I'm not available at the drop of a hat to go take him to the ER for something that I'm almost positive is going to be a minor cold, or anxiety / stress (as I mentioned there's been a pattern to this kind of thing with him).

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AITA here for not taking him? He's one of my oldest friends and I value my relationship with him and don't want to de-value it, but I'm starting to feel like there are boundaries being crossed here due to the fact that he's single and lives alone. I'm honestly torn here.  


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