why do your friends?

buy him a hooker

No wonder he hasn't got a female friend! Workaholics aren't very attractive.

Maybe he's more comfy entertaining at home. Ask him if he minds hosting a movie night for you, because you house is too small, he has a bigger tv, whatever.

If he doesn't respond to that, tell him you are concerned, but are fed up of listening to him whinge. If he was that lonely, he'd bother answering your messages, so if he doesn't ring you to make a time to hang out sometime in the next week, you are going to conclude he's nothing but a whinger, and you're going to delete his number from your phone.

Sometimes people need a kick up the bum :)

Sit down and have a heart to heart or man to man talk with him. Tell him you're worried about him and that if there's anything you can do to bring him out of his stupor you're there for him. You might suggest a new sport the two of you could both do. Inter-active sports, such as basketball at the local Y might go a long way to reacquaint him with both social integration while still getting some exercise. I have found in the past having an outlet such as a group sporting activity helps get me through the rough times. Good Luck and know you are a true friend to want to help him.

I used to do something similar. I would just work and study, read and, yep feel lonely. Maybe drag him out of the house one night (if you can!) and get **** faced with him. Go hard. Go to a strip club, gamble and do all the nasty things! This may help break down the depressed ****. Then once you got him smiling, try to get him into a conversation about what's troubling him. Maybe he does need a girlfriend or something?

I am 30 years old, divorced and live alone. At times it is depressing, but when I look back at how it was being married, life could not be better. I feel if he was really depressed as you say he is, he would go do something. I go to the bar sometimes even. I just want to do what I want to do.

Perhaps he is so exhausted from working six days a week and trying to get ends to meet that he has no energy to pursue a social life. Hopefully he will be able to manage his work better in the future and add on to his life.

Convince him to go out and try to take him to a bar or club where he can meet a girl and hopefully get laid. That will help even if it is temporarily.

Go to his house, "Hey man, you said you were lonely!" and he's all happy you came, maybe he doesn't check his e-mail or something. If he's acting all emo, you need to talk to him why he's depressed.

usually a person complaints but they are not being straight with you maybe he likes someone and that person is already taken so therfore he's depressed and maybe he's confused.

Obvoiusly he needs you to take action for him. Tell him your taking him out...no buts.make sure it's a place he'd fell comfortable at otherwise he might not go again.

Go visit him if he wants company and take a few females with too.