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Post by user on Nov 13, 2021 14:41:16 GMT -5
So, I've been in love with my friend for about three years, but im not interested in dating, so i never really felt like we would be more than just good old friends. Recently, he started dating the girl i hate the most,i don't know the details, but they broke up. I was relieved when he told me about it, since i couldn't bear my own jealousy anymore. As i mentioned before, i am not interested in dating, plus, i wouldn't want to risk losing our friendship, though it hurts to see him with someone else. Should i just say how i feel and tell him i don't want a relationship? Wouldn't the situation be awkward? I'm scared i might make our friendship sour if i don't tell him, or even start acting cold and at some point just leave and screw everything up. Am i being inconsequential? Should i give more thought to it? I really appreciate our relationship;since I'm kind of an antisocial+introvert it's hard for me to make new friends, but he stuck with me even knowing that i can't fill his needs as an extrovert. I honestly do enjoy having him around so i want to make a decision that wouldn't change the way things already are.
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Post by Ask Anon on Nov 15, 2021 4:18:00 GMT -5
You say you're in love, but you don't want to date; your description of what you do want sounds exactly like 'friendship'. Which you've already got.
Either I'm not clear on what you want, or you aren't, but I can't see the point of telling him anything if you like things as they are, because telling him will change things. It always does.
You might have no interesting in dating him (or anyone else), but he clearly does have an interest in dating. And I have to wonder why you are jealous of him dating, when you say you don't want to date him.
Maybe you do want to date him, but you are fooling yourself?
I'm confused too. But from what you've said, you have a great friendship, and you don't want more. You already have exactly what you say you want. So don't pass your confusion to him, it will destroy things.
I do get - loud and clear - that you like things as they are, and fear change. But that isn't how the world works. Relationships do change over time, because people change over time. You can't stop that, any more than you can stop time on a sunny day to stop in incoming storm. Things happen. None of us can control the future, especially not by trying to control the present. Do what everyone else does on a sunny day - enjoy it. Don't waste a sunny day by running around all day preparing for rain.
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