Today, after sending and receiving hundreds of hints, I mustered up the courage to ask my best friend out. He completely ignored my words, and went on to tell me all about his mother's intestinal bug. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I finally got the courage to tell my best friend that I've had a crush on him since our junior year. Since I couldn't see him I shot him a text. His response: "Yeah I know. I've tried kind of ignoring it." FML
Today, I finally got the courage to ask out the girl I’ve had a crush on for years. I was so nervous, I got confused and sent her a text meant for my best friend that said, "I’m about to ask her out. Pray I don’t puke on her." She responded with a laughing emoji and said, "You really need to work on your game." FML
Today, I was planning to ask a guy at school out since I had mustered up the confidence to finally tell him how I really felt. I ended up puking on him. FML
Today, I didn't have the courage to tell the guy who likes me that I only thought of him as a friend, so I asked my best friend to do it for me. It turns out that her way of doing this is telling him to "Fuck off" and then punching him in the face. FML
Today, a guy who I was low-key crushing on asked me out. I excitedly told my best friend, as I do when I have big news. She informed me that the same guy asked her out 15 minutes ago. He'd originally been into her and only came to me because she rejected him. FML
Today, I was planning on asking out a girl I've been really close to for a few months now. I was with her when I got a forward text from my friend. It was from the girl and it said, "Noooo tell him not to ask me out I don't like him." I got rejected via a forwarded text before I could tell her how I felt. FML
Today, I finally got the courage to tell my best friend who I'm crushing hard on that I like her. She gave me a look of revulsion and asked if I was joking. FML
Today, I finally built up the courage to confess my love to the girl of my dreams. She turned me down. When I asked her about all the recent receptive behavior toward me, she replied, "I thought it'd be funny." FML
Today, after months of all my friends telling me that the guy whom I was in love with most definitely held feelings for me, I was finally convinced by their words, and with confidence I went and confessed my feelings to him. I was rejected. FML
Today, my friend said he'd give me 20 bucks if I would ask out the ugliest girl in school. I did it. She rejected me. FML
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BurnInDemonFire 39
He's not even a worthwhile friend, let alone a good option for a boyfriend. Focus your attention elsewhere, while you decide if you want to maintain your friendship with him.
Callyn 47
Why is he not a worthwhile friend? He was trying to get out of an awkward situation, so he breezed past it to talk about something else. That new topic was also extremely awkward, but in a way less focused on him. The problem with 'hints' is that they can be totally misinterpreted or invented out of thin air. OP thought that she was being obvious and that her friend was reciprocating but he din't notice and was just being friendly. Should they eventually have a conversation about it? Of course, but the friend panicking in the moment doesn't make the friend a worthless human who should be ignored. Not that OP needs to stay friends with her crush for any reason, but we shouldn't be so judgmental over something that, as described, is a minor social faux pas at worst. This is a story where OPs life sucks and there's no one to really blame for it.
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BurnInDemonFire 39
He's not even a worthwhile friend, let alone a good option for a boyfriend. Focus your attention elsewhere, while you decide if you want to maintain your friendship with him.
Callyn 47
Why is he not a worthwhile friend? He was trying to get out of an awkward situation, so he breezed past it to talk about something else. That new topic was also extremely awkward, but in a way less focused on him. The problem with 'hints' is that they can be totally misinterpreted or invented out of thin air. OP thought that she was being obvious and that her friend was reciprocating but he din't notice and was just being friendly. Should they eventually have a conversation about it? Of course, but the friend panicking in the moment doesn't make the friend a worthless human who should be ignored. Not that OP needs to stay friends with her crush for any reason, but we shouldn't be so judgmental over something that, as described, is a minor social faux pas at worst. This is a story where OPs life sucks and there's no one to really blame for it.
BurnInDemonFire 39
I hope you're this forgiving the next time one of your friends ignores what you have to say. OP may have mistaken his friendliness for something more, but there's no excuse to change the subject without even acknowledging it. I don't know how you feel when you're ignored, but I consider it to be rude and selfish on the other person's part, regardless of what they make the new topic of discussion about, which makes them worthless.
Callyn 47
Like I said, the friend panicked. They don't feel the same way but don't want to hurt their friend and are young enough* to have this freak them out. It's not the nicest thing in the world, but it's not the end of the world either and with a later conversation it should be possible to smooth things over pretty quickly. *These two are obviously not adults. Adults don't rely on hints or freak out at the smallest rejection.
Sinshine 28
Hundreds? Did you drag this on for years?
bobsanction 18
Suck it up princess. You are not entitled to another persons affections.
ojosRojos 28
Then he’s clearly not the one for you. Be with someone who doesn’t just hint, but tells you directly that he wants to be with you. Be patient, you’ll find that guy! I hope you can salvage your friendship. Even if he doesn’t have the same feelings for you, it’d be a bummer to lose your best friend. Good luck!
Anna_Lu_Minum 9
Yeah just means you’re friendzoned and just deal with it. He doesn’t want you as a partner but as a friend.
evilplatypus 39
As someone who has ZERO interest in any gender romantically or sexually, yet has been frequently accused of flirting, it’s very possible you were reading things that weren’t there. Now it’s time to take his hint - he just wants to be friends.
Traveling_Book 9
How long did it take you to ask them out? If I was giving hints, and you never acted I’d just move on and forget it. Maybe he did the same and didn’t want to hurt your feelings.
randybryant799 21
Obviously you're just imagining he's interested.