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i’m sixteen

and in love.

with my best guy friend, his name’s steve. and me and steve have always been close. never an awkward moment, always honest, but just friends. but durign this friendship i had the biggest thing for him. seriously. and now, 20 minutes ago to be exact, i just found out he liked me back. this whole time. but he had the same thoughts i did, we both didn’t want to ruin the friendship and thought we couldn’t have each other, but now we just found out we liked each other behind our backs. and its just, so great, except for one thing.

he has a girlfriend now. since he thought he couldn’t have me.
what do i do?

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jcd offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years ago (2 minutes after post)

Wait for him to be single again.

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xbrwneyesx8 offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Albany, NY, US | 2 years ago (11 minutes after post)

find out who he likes more, wait it out, or get a boyfriend, good luck tho

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2 years ago (11 minutes after post)

well they’ve been dating for 4 months, and idk, he’s pretty happy with her. and she’s the type to go psyco if he dumps her…and idk, i just, like him so much cant wait!

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xbrwneyesx8 offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Albany, NY, US | 2 years ago (12 minutes after post)

tell him how you feel!

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2 years ago (13 minutes after post)

uh i did. and he told me. but he’s happy with her. and doesn’t want to break our friendship. ugh its so stupid

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jcd offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years ago (14 minutes after post)

What else can you do? If you try to break them up, she’ll probably go psycho on you too.

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xbrwneyesx8 offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Albany, NY, US | 2 years ago (20 minutes after post)

you don’t want to ruin a relationship hun, either wait it out or dig up some dirt on her (i’m totally kidding about digging up dirt on her) but i’d say wait it out a little longer, jcd is right theres not much you can do, you don’t want her going crazy on you!

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2 years ago (33 minutes after post)

if he really likes you that much
hell go to you

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xbrwneyesx8 offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
Albany, NY, US | 2 years ago (36 minutes after post)

i agree

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habit_vs_dream offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Philippine, 10, PH | 2 years ago (40 minutes after post)

just to share… my best girl friend had a thing for me. I felt the same way too. However, we both felt that friendship is more important. Ergo, she entertained suitors and I did my own “girl hunting”. She evn let me (once) eat with her and her date (lol). Now, we are both commited to different individuals..and WE ARE BOTH HAPPY!! :)

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BrighterBlessing offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Cincinnati, OH, US | 2 years ago (1 hour after post)

If you’ve both talked about how you feel about each other and he said he likes you but is happy with this other girl, then you need to figure out how important the relationship is to you. I think the best thing is to be patient and let him have the time/space to see where his relationship with the other girl goes. If it’s meant to be, he will come back and you’ve have a chance but at least you won’t lose what sounds like a good friend. Some times the timing of a relationship is the key to its survival so if you break someone up or try to, it might backfire on you and you’ll lose him forever.

I’d guess that if he thinks she is a bit psycho, he is not going to want to be with her long or that sooner or later she will do something that makes he walk away.

I know it is hard when you want to be with someone but just remember, friends deserve respect and patience. If he comes to you and wants to talk about this other relationship, I would also caution you to just listen and give him a shoulder but don’t try to talk bad about his girl because if they’d get back together you could lose him as your friend.

While you are waiting, start looking for someone else who might be fun to go out with. I was once in a similar situation as you but much older at the time and had a very dear friend and we wanted to be together but he hesitated after he knew I felt the same way, until I started dating someone else. He couldn’t handle that and we ended up together. I don’t advocate playing games and looking back I was just trying to move on but I think he saw it as a game. Our relationship lasted 4 years and it was hard to move beyond so I really think timing is everything. If you can be patient, waiting is best and maybe keep your eye peeled for someone you might like to date. Good luck, that is a hard situation.

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Sir James offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 10 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years ago (1 hour, 3 minutes after post)

I would do nothing. It’s up to him and how badly he wants you. And if he won’t leave his girlfriend, you should find someone else.

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La Conner, WA, US | 2 years ago (3 hours, 37 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
. and she’s the type to go psyco if he dumps her…

make her dump him

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shalana15_iroc offline Unverified User #
Kennewick, WA, US | 2 years ago (18 hours, 39 minutes after post)

k its like along while since ur post but yeah
just talk to the person orrrrr just wait a while
it is a matter of how u handle it

l8rs

lil mocha

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