Well, I haven't had to deal with that guy in quite a while. He had to leave somewhere on account of the money troubles, ah well.
Not carrying the things is what I ended up doing.

I can't bring myself to just lie about things like that. Not sure if it's just that it's too small to lie about or that I don't lie often enough.
At least it's a problem I don't have to deal with right now.
A bit of a thing to mull over if any feel up to it.
Have you ever had any friend/s that didn't talk very much ?
If so, did you find it easier to be talkative, did you feel less pressure/need to talk/whatever ?
And other such stuff in that vein.
I've had two really quiet friends, I ended up pretty attached to both.
Though, I always ended up being the louder one.
A thing, which is kind of why I brought it up is, have you ever been able to just hang out with someone ?
That's my favorite aspect of such quiet friends, no talking*, just chilling.
*very minimal talking