Lofl, DEFINITE friend zone! Darn, you beat me to it, ha ha. That sucks. Baaaaad timing FTW.

agreed.

you actually could have taken that chance to tell her that you want to be "more than friends" now you probably just said, "oh, right, to friendship". now if u tell her, she may get confused... u missed your chance, YDI.

I disagree. If she knows he feels that way, but is giving him hope without any real chance of a relationship, that's absolutely cruel. I feel for you, dude.

I said it could have been worse...and you disagree? That makes no sense.

How is she giving him hope? I think she went about this the most tactful way without hurting her friend's (the OP) feelings. Only a creep would take this as a sign of "giving" hope... And like they said, i think most people have a clue when it comes to knowing if someone likes them or not. Unless the OP is very unattractive then his crush would probably never even consider it to begin with.

Um. No. Being ignored is by far worse. I'm assuming the OP actually likes this girl because she's a good friend.. and not just because she's good looking. So how is losing a friend better than not? Take a hint, keep your pants on, and keep your friend.

I agree with #2 - sucks big time, but loving a friend isn't so bad. Hopefully it can develop into a kind of brother-sister love, like it sounds like she has for you.

Yeep. Unfortunately, the girl doesn't have feelings for op, but she may see qualities in him that makes him a valuable friend. Maybe in the future, feelings will blossom, you never know! If she is the one he whole-heartedly loves, I don't think op should give up, but try harder, and make her feel she is worth the fight!!!!:)

Honestly of she was a true friend she wouldn't take advantage of his nice gestures and just talk to him about his feelings towards her and try to build their relationship based on friendship not one sided love.

your gay.

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very true!

me being a guy, it's not so much about not wanting to be rejected, but generally guys don't want anything to do with girls that reject them

Agreed, bexox. It's a matter of maturity.

Soo true!