At work I (30m) am friends with a colleague (42f). I guess I kind of have some small romantic feelings for her, but I know it would never work between us and is completely unrequited on her part. On the whole, I appreciate her friendship and want to maintain that.
She is recently in a new relationship, and I am happy for her, but also jealous she found someone she truly loves and I am still alone. I am also thinking she will probably want to spend less time with me, which is understandable.
How can I stop these feelings of jealousy and sadness?
TL;DR jealous of my friend being in a new relationship but want to move away from this feeling
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It’s right to feel jealous and sad when you’re talking to someone who has what you don’t have right now. Who’s to say you won’t meet an even better woman than her in a few months or next year? The woman I’m with right now came into my life so unexpectedly and at a time I thought it would be impossible to date. The first step is admitting what you have said and the next step is working on it. If you have to, slowly distance yourself from her which will be very difficult, go out into to the dating yourself and distract yourself!