One of the things that irritates me is people that get involved in relationships and totally drop their friends.

Case in point - "E"
He's involved in a 'long-distance relationship' with a woman that he's been involved with several times before. The last time was more than a decade before. He never got closure. For some reason, they started emailing and talking. He told me that there was no way that he'd go down that road again with her.

Seems like he is.
He went out there a 2 weeks ago and is already talking about moving across the country.
(I bet you he's already shopping his resume around)

Before the 'LDR' got into full bloom, we'd usually talk once a day or at least every other day. Since then, he's on the phone with her as soon as he gets home from work and is on until very late in the night. (A little overboard anyone?)

Don't get me wrong, he's a great guy - but from what he said before he got sucked back in, I have my reservations. And this constancy is also screaming "crash and burn".  I want him to be happy, but I am skeptical.

So we were going to go see a show in town on Thursday night. Since I can't get him on the phone (he won't interrupt his convo with her with call-waiting -he disables it!), I emailed him if he'd be interested in some culture. He said he'd like to and he'd call me back. I called him Thursday (left a message before he got home so at least he'd be able to make an outgoing call) and he said he thought I was going to call him about it.

Um, no. We decided to go to the show Friday night instead.

He called me yesterday. We haven't talked in ages. In less than 2 minutes, the LDR calls him, he switches over, leaves me on hold for 5 minutes and says "It's her, gotta go" and hangs up.

I'm left staring at the phone thinking "WTF?"

He gets somewhat touchy about things... Do I even bother following up with him about the show or do I just invite someone else and let the phone grow to his ear?