I hope that part of what your saying is not about me as I live in guilderland and have had joe work on my cars before. Joe is a good guy and was greatfull for the work he had done for me. I have bought him food as well as even asked if he wanted money and he said “no” I always invited him to places such as lvd, anytime I went to the mall, etc.
On his birthday last year we were working on my daily driver and he called and asked if I wanted to finish what we were doing and I said its your birthday you dont have to. He still wanted to. After we finsihed (which i think i may have told him to stop) I offered him to go to the movies with my girlfriend and friend and had no problem paying for him at all.
all and all I consider joe a friend as I use to be with him in highschool. So again, I hope that sentence didnt include me.