I am really new to the dating world so I don’t know how to get over a man. Basically I fell for my online guy friend and since he was flirting with me I thought he might like me back. I confessed my feelings to him and he rejected me because even though he finds me attractive and thinks I have a good personality he just sees me as a friend as we live on different continents. Which is a fair reason since I don’t think I had the energy for a ldr anyways. But I can’t stop thinking about how cute and funny he is. We both were exactly each other’s types and we wanted the same exact things from our relationship. We have a lot of similarities and we still text every day. One part of me feels good about the rejection cause if things had escalated and failed we would have ended up hurting each other, so it is better that we still have our friendship. But the other part of me just can’t stop thinking about how unfair the circumstances are. I constantly find myself wondering if things would be different if we were closer. I feel like I need a reality check at this point.
Some of my friends suggested I cut him out of my life but it seems cruel considering we enjoy each other’s company and are good friends who rely on each other sometimes. Some other people say the best way to get over someone is to get under someone new, but I don’t think that’s a wise option, it just sounds like an emotional crutch. I want to get into dating more actively and I am sure there will be plenty more of other heartbreaks during that process so I wanted to know what do y’all do to get over someone?