Me and this guy have been best friends for 5+ years and I recently really started to like him. He just got out of a relationship about 3 months ago and about 1 month ago, he confessed that he likes me. We started talking/flirting a lot more and were basically nearly in a relationship. A few weeks later he began to distance himself from me and when confronted he said that he doesn’t feel that way about me anymore but still wants to be friends. I began to love him so much and can no longer see him as just a friend and just don’t know what to do.
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Could be that he’s afraid of getting attached and losing you, he did just get out of a relationship just recently and that does leave behind some physiological damage.
Move on. Go cold turkey
It means he was just filling his emptiness by leading you on.
Not a good action from a friend or potential boyfriend.
Take the time to mourn the loss of your potential romance. If you stay friends with him, don’t let him manipulate you into liking him again, including to make you think he’d be in a relationship with you if you have sex with him.
He doesn’t have to be painted as a bad friend but at the moment, he doesn’t have your best interests in mind either.