Hi Anxious,

Sounds to me as though he doesn't deserve a friend like you, so I'd have to say he's lucky you still care.

From past experience, I would suggest that you will be fighting a losing battle trying to change him, and your best course is just to be there to pick up the pieces when he gets his inevitable comeuppance. He WILL meet someone he really cares for, and get slapped down, and only then will he realise what respect is all about. That's when you can make a difference! I know it's hard just to watch, but right now he feels invincible, and it will take a good solid defeat to change that.