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Why do we have to be punished for who we fall for?

(Yes it's another one of these threads. Anon or delete please. :smile:)

She's beautiful, kind, intelligent and sincere. Understanding and down-to-earth. A genuinely very sweet person in a world full of fakes. All in all, a truly wonderful person. Just being around her makes me feel so happy and at ease with myself, but it's so frustrating at the same time. She means so much to me, but to her I can never be more than a friend. Just to imagine her being with someone else makes me die a little inside - god forbid how I'd be if she really were. I care for her so much and given the opportunity I would pour my heart and soul into a relationship because being with her would mean that much to me. If only that was all that mattered.

It's not every day you meet somebody this special, so to have to simply swallow my feelings and move on is heartbreaking. Am I ever going to meet someone so right again? And even if I do, will they want to be with me? I don't want to have to settle for second best - or nothing at all - but at the moment it seems a very real possibility. I set my standards high and the idea of having to compromise or, worse still, lose out completely, fills me with utter despair.

I guess that my best (and probably only real) option is to move on and just be grateful for the wonderful friendship I already have, as much as it pains me that it can't be anything more. And I won't lower my standards by one iota. I'll just have to hope for the future really, but the outlook from here seems very bleak indeed.

(If you actually read all that, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I just had to get this off my chest. :/)

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Reply 1

Anonymous
(Yes it's another one of these threads. Anon or delete please. :smile:)

She's beautiful, kind, intelligent and sincere. Understanding and down-to-earth. A genuinely very sweet person in a world full of fakes. All in all, a truly wonderful person. Just being around her makes me feel so happy and at ease with myself, but it's so frustrating at the same time. She means so much to me, but to her I can never be more than a friend. Just to imagine her being with someone else makes me die a little inside - god forbid how I'd be if she really were. I care for her so much and given the opportunity I would pour my heart and soul into a relationship because being with her would mean that much to me. If only that was all that mattered.

It's not every day you meet somebody this special, so to have to simply swallow my feelings and move on is heartbreaking. Am I ever going to meet someone so right again? And even if I do, will they want to be with me? I don't want to have to settle for second best - or nothing at all - but at the moment it seems a very real possibility. I set my standards high and the idea of having to compromise or, worse still, lose out completely, fills me with utter despair.

I guess that my best (and probably only real) option is to move on and just be grateful for the wonderful friendship I already have, as much as it pains me that it can't be anything more. And I won't lower my standards by one iota. I'll just have to hope for the future really, but the outlook from here seems very bleak indeed.

(If you actually read all that, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I just had to get this off my chest. :/)


God I'm emotional today.. that's really sweet.

Why cant you be with her?

Reply 2

Anonymous
(Yes it's another one of these threads. Anon or delete please. :smile:)

She's beautiful, kind, intelligent and sincere. Understanding and down-to-earth. A genuinely very sweet person in a world full of fakes. All in all, a truly wonderful person. Just being around her makes me feel so happy and at ease with myself, but it's so frustrating at the same time. She means so much to me, but to her I can never be more than a friend. Just to imagine her being with someone else makes me die a little inside - god forbid how I'd be if she really were. I care for her so much and given the opportunity I would pour my heart and soul into a relationship because being with her would mean that much to me. If only that was all that mattered.

It's not every day you meet somebody this special, so to have to simply swallow my feelings and move on is heartbreaking. Am I ever going to meet someone so right again? And even if I do, will they want to be with me? I don't want to have to settle for second best - or nothing at all - but at the moment it seems a very real possibility. I set my standards high and the idea of having to compromise or, worse still, lose out completely, fills me with utter despair.

I guess that my best (and probably only real) option is to move on and just be grateful for the wonderful friendship I already have, as much as it pains me that it can't be anything more. And I won't lower my standards by one iota. I'll just have to hope for the future really, but the outlook from here seems very bleak indeed.

(If you actually read all that, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I just had to get this off my chest. :/)

Why can't you actually be with her?

Reply 3

I read it :smile:
Why can't you be together?
(Sorry if this is a completely stupid question)

Reply 4

How are you being punished? Why don't you see if your relationship can move forward. :smile:

Reply 5

omg that is soooooooo sweet i wish someone felt like that about me.

same as everyone else why cant u be with her??

Reply 6

Anonymous
(Yes it's another one of these threads. Anon or delete please. :smile:)

She's beautiful, kind, intelligent and sincere. Understanding and down-to-earth. A genuinely very sweet person in a world full of fakes. All in all, a truly wonderful person. Just being around her makes me feel so happy and at ease with myself, but it's so frustrating at the same time. She means so much to me, but to her I can never be more than a friend. Just to imagine her being with someone else makes me die a little inside - god forbid how I'd be if she really were. I care for her so much and given the opportunity I would pour my heart and soul into a relationship because being with her would mean that much to me. If only that was all that mattered.

It's not every day you meet somebody this special, so to have to simply swallow my feelings and move on is heartbreaking. Am I ever going to meet someone so right again? And even if I do, will they want to be with me? I don't want to have to settle for second best - or nothing at all - but at the moment it seems a very real possibility. I set my standards high and the idea of having to compromise or, worse still, lose out completely, fills me with utter despair.

I guess that my best (and probably only real) option is to move on and just be grateful for the wonderful friendship I already have, as much as it pains me that it can't be anything more. And I won't lower my standards by one iota. I'll just have to hope for the future really, but the outlook from here seems very bleak indeed.

(If you actually read all that, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I just had to get this off my chest. :/)


How do you know you'll only ever be a friend to her? Have you told her how you feel?
She's very lucky to have someone who obviously cares so much for her. =)

Reply 7

My tactic in this situation is to get really drunk with her then try it on with her, and see what happens.

If it goes well then...
If it doesn't blame it on the alcohol

Works every time!

Reply 8

Lunarman
My tactic in this situation is to get really drunk with her then try it on with her, and see what happens.

If it goes well then...
If it doesn't blame it on the alcohol

Works every time!


Haha. Good tactic!

Reply 9

Dude I'm in a similar situation, and it ducking suckss. I'm really in2 a good friend of mine, we spend a lot of time together. She knows I like her but she says she doesn't like me, and we should just be friends.

But it seems like you've got it bad, If those feelings r true, does she know about them?

Reply 10

To answer why we can't be together: because she doesn't feel that way about me, basically. Yeah I've told her and she was really sweet about it - she cares about me, but only as a friend. I wouldn't expect her to change her mind about me.

It's punishment because I can't be with who I want to be with, and no other girls interest me very much anymore.

And yes, it ducking does. :smile:

Reply 11

Haha oops on my iPod so it's all predictive. I feel 4 u man I really do, I'm on exactly the same boat.

How long have u been freinds with her for? When did u start liking her? At what point did u tell her? Do u think she might start developing feelings 4 u over time?

Reply 12

Chin up. Over time, it's possible that her feelings can change - it did for me :smile: - although I'm not saying that they definitely will. Try to move on, and keep the friendship (if it's not so painful). The girl is very very lucky, you sound so sweet.

Reply 13

falls_whisper
Chin up. Over time, it's possible that her feelings can change - it did for me :smile: - although I'm not saying that they definitely will. Try to move on, and keep the friendship (if it's not so painful). The girl is very very lucky, you sound so sweet.


Thanks. :smile: I really hope that she might change her mind but I'm not banking on it. And yeah, I will.

Love the signature btw.

itsmyname
How long have u been freinds with her for? When did u start liking her? At what point did u tell her? Do u think she might start developing feelings 4 u over time?


Erm...about 14/15 months, about a year ago, about a week ago, I don't know but I'm not counting on it.

Reply 14

i feel sorry for you mate. I am in the same situation but i am even less likely to get my hands on them, as i am a boy and like another boy but he is not gay. So i am kind of ducked. But that was really sweet mate.

Reply 15

Sorry to hear that OP. I think though maybe you need some time away from her to try and allow yourself to move on a bit and try and find somebody else.

Good luck mate

Reply 16

Anonymous
(Yes it's another one of these threads. Anon or delete please. :smile:)

She's beautiful, kind, intelligent and sincere. Understanding and down-to-earth. A genuinely very sweet person in a world full of fakes. All in all, a truly wonderful person. Just being around her makes me feel so happy and at ease with myself, but it's so frustrating at the same time. She means so much to me, but to her I can never be more than a friend. Just to imagine her being with someone else makes me die a little inside - god forbid how I'd be if she really were. I care for her so much and given the opportunity I would pour my heart and soul into a relationship because being with her would mean that much to me. If only that was all that mattered.

It's not every day you meet somebody this special, so to have to simply swallow my feelings and move on is heartbreaking. Am I ever going to meet someone so right again? And even if I do, will they want to be with me? I don't want to have to settle for second best - or nothing at all - but at the moment it seems a very real possibility. I set my standards high and the idea of having to compromise or, worse still, lose out completely, fills me with utter despair.

I guess that my best (and probably only real) option is to move on and just be grateful for the wonderful friendship I already have, as much as it pains me that it can't be anything more. And I won't lower my standards by one iota. I'll just have to hope for the future really, but the outlook from here seems very bleak indeed.

(If you actually read all that, thanks a lot I appreciate it. I just had to get this off my chest. :/)


Don't worry, as time goes on you'll kid yourself into thinking she was pretentious and boring and that it really wouldn't have worked.

Reply 17

Stop being a wuss and tell her, it's not like she'll go, "You like me, so we can never ever ever be friends in a million years." And if she does, is she really worth having as a friend, let alone anything more?

Reply 18

love's a bitch
just think of it this way...the more you fall and hurt the more you'll learn the easier it'll become to cope and the better the satisfaction and happiness when you find your 'the one' :smile:

Reply 19

I hate love. I like the "wrong" guy, and it fudging depresses me that I can't do anything.