Fox, wrote:going to talk about a couple of different things on my mind, so feel free to skip over this
[the only things I want/need answering are bolded; the rest is just rant/story]
so recently, one of my good guy friends admitted to liking me. the thing is, he said he's stopped because "our friendship matters too much". I don't really believe him, because I feel like he's been trying to talk to me more and its kindof bugging me. I feel betrayed, and now all the things we've done seem so awkward, gross, and uncomfortable. [tbh, I never really considered keeping this friendship next year, as we wont see eachother as much.] before he confessed, I was just going to let the friendship fade slowly. but now that he's brought that up, I feel like cutting the tie right away. I feel so utterly betrayed as of now, as what I thought was a good friend was just a stupid crush. ugh. is there anyway I could break the frendship slowly without hurting him too much? [also, if you think I sound heartless, I'm sorry, I'm just really frustrated rn]
secondly, I hate hate hatteeee how people assume you have to like someone at all times. I just feel like some people go by this 'rule', and go boy crazy and then aplear heartbroken. for me, this means that whenever i talk to my guy friends, people instantly think I'm in love or something. I don't care about rumors, its just the constant rumors about me and guy 1, or me and guy 2 are just getting annoying.
thirdly, some of the girls in my class are complaining about having 20+ more girls than guys. any tips for staying out of drama and such for the future?
moving on to the final thing, I've been having communication problems [??] recently with one of my close guy friends. idk if its just me, but he seems to be drifting away from me a bit. now, I may have a small crush on him, and we've talked about dating eachother; we just like the feel of our relationship atm. I'm perfectly fine with this, but I've texted him each day, and he hasn't responded for like 3 days in a row sometimes. idk, we just used to talk a whole bunch, like 2 hours a day, so I'm just kindof worried that somethings up?? he said he just hasn't felt like talking to anyone, but that's not normally like him to do. my question is, is there a way I could ask him what's wrong/tell him to talk to me mote without seeming clingy or rude?
thank you all for any answers you might have
if replying to this, you can just post the bolded part and cut everything else. thanks again for reading (3
I think I may see a slight trend of you overthinking things here.
It's hard to tell from your post, but just because someone likes you doesn't mean your friendship is a lie or that it was all a sham. I don't want to dismiss your feelings, though, because I do know there
are plenty of men who pretend to be someone's friend just to start a different type of relationship.
As for his feelings, you can't control how he feels or how he reacts. All you can do is be open but gentle about how you feel.
If you don't want to be involved in drama, then don't be? If they're just complaining, then don't complain with them. If asked about it, just say you don't care to weigh in on the subject. If they push, then change the subject.
If someone is your friend, you should be able to ask if they're feeling/doing okay.