Stay away from the people who are bullshit sponges.
These people allow you to invest into them in a capacity they know they cannot return. They willingly suck up all your time and have no problem absorbing every ounce of your efforts. They will continuously allow you to go above and beyond for them knowing they cannot return or match your efforts in any relationship, platonic or not.
Then when the moment comes, when you are squeezed dry and left empty, when you have absolutely nothing more left to give; you will feel the need to start squeezing these people to reciprocate your efforts. You ask them to provide the basics of any healthy relationship. To value you and to help you when you’re in need, or just to act like you’re important to them.
In the end, all these people are capable of is flooding you with bullshit excuse after bullshit excuse on why they can’t reciprocate. They will deflect and find ways to justify their selfish ways. Eventually they succeed in turning things on you and making everything your fault, when in reality they are just shitty people that play bullshit games. These people will never be happy, nor will they allow people whom love them to reach happiness.
These people are toxic and will drain you to a dried bone. These people who qualify as bullshit sponges are best thrown away from your life and tossed aside before true damage is done to your emotional being.