My biggest mistake

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It was with my now ex-friend Linda. She and I were good friends until April, and then I messed everything up. How? Well, at first she and I were just friends, but then we became close to each other and started to IM a lot. But after awhile I began to realize that maybe I was more attached than I should have been to her. I also becan thinking that I might have a crush on her. And then it happened: my big mistake. I told Linda how I felt, and she said my crush was illogical because she is a girl and much older than I (I am 16). After that, she began to distance herself from me, and soon she would not speak to me. I have tried apologizing many times, but she will have none of it.

Have you all had situations like this? Or had something similar happen?

Quite the opposite. Someone said they liked me (I'm 18, she was 19) and, after recovering, I felt like I needed to escape her. 'Way to ruin a perfectly good friendship' I thought. Then, over time all the things I liked about her began to annoy me. It is dying.
Is it impossible for males and females to be 'just friends'? Seems I can't even crack a joke without someone cracking on to me these days.

I still cannot believe I did that. I sometimes regret the day I told her of my felings. I think to myself, 'If only I had not done that...' Maybe we would still be friends if I had not told her...?

This might sound funny, but I think you did the right thing...

If you'd kept it hidden, you might be friends with her for years, watching her date others, and feeling terrible that you never tried to find out...

I've had this happen so many times, and each time it hurts, and i don't even realise that. And it's so fustraiting because you want them to understand you and you don't want things to change, yet you feel awful when they do despite all the efffort you have put it, and it feels like it has all gone to waste. No matter what you try to do to heal things, it just does not work out.

Mate, i advise you to keep your brain occupied and don' do anythig which will remind you of the problem untill your fully gotten over it. I had this problem earlier this week, so i joined this community to meet people i can relate to. I bought World of Warcraft, i went to see Arsenal. Do things you want to do, avoid things which could bring back bad things. You may start to feel better.

I know this s**t all too well, and still have problems dealing with it.

I hope you find someone more worthwhile of your time.

Total mystery.. I dont know what its like to be told you are liked so I only have my side to offer which is the same as any others

It's sad because somone who you are sure understands you decides to leave you alone for doing something which you can't help or is not your fault. I have full sympathy for you.

Part of being human and living among humans is having regrets in life. If you never regretted anything you did, chances would be that you are not living your life to the fullest. People who don't occasionally regret stuff later on usually don't take chances.

However... telling someone how you feel about them (especially romantically) is probably the fastest way to ruin a relationship.

I tried telling someone how I had feelins for them, but got mocked and they told everyone else and I was constantly bullied for fancying someone I had no chances with going out with.

So, If I fancy someone, I keep my mouth shut.

>>I think to myself, 'If only I had not done that...' Maybe we would still be friends if I had not told her...?<<

I think of it not as a matter of 'ifs' and 'what ifs' but as 'happened' and 'not happened'. Once something is done it's set in stone and you need to deal with the reality of the situation instead of delving in to these fantasies. Don't let your mind eat itself.

I had a similar situation like that. I told someoine whom i thoight was a good friend that i thought i was a lesbian. I dinb't say anything about liking her, in fact i told her that I just liked her as a friend, nothing more, because i lknew she was straighter than a ruler. She began disytancing herself from me, and last time I saw her (about three years ago, i tried to talk to her and shje didn't even acknowledge my existence. Yet she is a bahai, who are meant to be a veyt accepting faith.

You don't need people like that. Let her go, painful though it may be. If she's not mature enough to cope, that's her problem.

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