Some people treat every crisis like a stage. Throwing them rope after rope only buys them a longer show.

For some people an emergency is the reliable way to gather attention, and the crises keep arriving because the arrangement works. Rescuing again is kind in the moment and it also keeps the pattern funded. Very little changes while the rope is always there.

You can care about somebody without being the one who fixes it this time. Say plainly what you are willing to do and what you are not, then hold that line. Staying present without rescuing is harder than either helping or walking away, and it is usually the honest middle.