let's pretend we're in a movie for a moment.

Look, you know how you have friends, very close friends, one in particular, who you know is an asshole but you love him anyway, because you're just that close? Well, I know you're not like us, I know you don't like to talk about yourself for hours on end, and you don't have to. But you have said things... you've shared things with me that are personal, and maybe you don't want to talk about them, or maybe you do, but if you do, you can talk to me. I want you to talk to me. Even if you don't talk about those things. Because I may be able to talk about myself for hours on end... but I'm not an asshole.

And I guess the other thing I wanted to say, is that you don't have to be an asshole either. So give it up.