I have feelings for a friend from high school. Where do I stand?
Question Posted Friday March 11 2011, 3:31 am
In 10th grade, I had just started dating my high school sweetheart. On a school trip, I noticed this other girl who I had heard about but never met. I knew right away that there was something about her that I had never seen before. I put it out of my mind though, being completely infatuated with my girlfriend at the time. Later that year, during the school musical, I got to know the girl from the trip (for clarity's sake, let's call her Jen). We got to know each other pretty well. I had some small feelings for her, but she was dating someone and I was dating someone. We continued to talk throughout high school. Then I graduated and went to college. She's two years younger than me, so she was still in high school. after the first semester of college, my girlfriend broke up with me. The first thing I thought about was Jen and how I could now possibly be with her, but by the time she broke up with her boyfriend, I had a new girlfriend. This has been the cycle ever since. We've grown apart now, but I still think about her all the time. There was only one two month period where both of us were single. She called me and asked me to stop by a mutual friends house to say hi. I did and we sat on the couch together and she would just stare right into my eyes while I was talking and all of her friends were trying to get us alone. I ended up leaving soon, but she texted me for the rest of the night talking about watching the stars and wishing I was there. That was a year and a half ago. After that, we were never that close again. We still say hi occasionally, but nothing meaningful. I'm going to see her soon and I can't get her out of my head. Did she have feelings for me? Was she just overly flirtatious? Was it all in my head? And, most importantly, if it wasn't in my head, could she possibly still feel the same? What should I do? It might sound crazy, but I really feel like I need to take a shot at this. Any advice?
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