@peteribeh's post on Artfol
Has anyone ever expressed feelings to you that you couldn't reciprocate? Or vice versa? 
Jan 22, 2023
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Yes, the first one. It's always super awkward bc i'm extremely dead set on being solitary atm and i never feel anything back for people interested in me to begin with, unfortunately.
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Both have happened, and it's good to have clear communication, because later in life I found my family that way, saying openly and honestly how I felt every step of the way.
I've felt some guilt about telling a friend how I'd want things to go between us. This was almost 10 years ago. It's something I can't take back, but honestly, I wouldn't, because hearing their side of the story helped me move on from my one-sided crush to better things. I just wanted to hear where we are at. It was a new friendship then. Even though we live far apart, we've hung out since. It's not the end of the world. And even if it was, it's good to have clarity.
It's good to have clarity.
I've felt some guilt about telling a friend how I'd want things to go between us. This was almost 10 years ago. It's something I can't take back, but honestly, I wouldn't, because hearing their side of the story helped me move on from my one-sided crush to better things. I just wanted to hear where we are at. It was a new friendship then. Even though we live far apart, we've hung out since. It's not the end of the world. And even if it was, it's good to have clarity.
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Seemed like I was on the other side of the stick growing up. My first crush in my life thought I was ugly so I decided to never let my future crushes know I even existed. Made things easier.
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•I got two guy friends confessing to me on the same day, and for a week before two of my girl besties were trying to test the water for them, hyping up each boy
It was funny but it sting my heart because I saw them as very good friends and afterward we quickly drifted away...
It was funny but it sting my heart because I saw them as very good friends and afterward we quickly drifted away...
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•Yeah ace here… a friend confessed having feelings for me TWICE. At first I told him I wasn’t interested (but apparently he still thought he had a chance) and the second time I told him kind of annoyed I’d rather date a girl since they’re way cute.
TLDR: Friendzoned a friend twice for being more gay than what he thought
TLDR: Friendzoned a friend twice for being more gay than what he thought
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•I’m ace/aro so this has happened to me a few times.
I had someone I’m still close friends with once pull the “haha what I’ve we dated as a joke lol” thing on me.
I had someone I’m still close friends with once pull the “haha what I’ve we dated as a joke lol” thing on me.
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I only learned years later that a boy from my elementary class apparently had a crush on me and talked about me at home all the time, but I didnt know because he bullied me
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•When I was a kid a boy I was friends with confessed to me. I didn't have any romantic feelings for him and didn't really understand anything about love, but I said yes anyways because I didn't want to make him sad.
As a teenager I've had like 5 crushes that I never confessed to and I just kept my feelings a secret.
As an adult I've had two crushes that I tried to pursue but I gave up and lost interest in them, and then there's my latest crush... This one really hurts. I genuinely though that I had finally found someone that's interested in me but I got friend zoned. I'm an idiot for having such big expectations just because someone said he had a crush on me.
As a teenager I've had like 5 crushes that I never confessed to and I just kept my feelings a secret.
As an adult I've had two crushes that I tried to pursue but I gave up and lost interest in them, and then there's my latest crush... This one really hurts. I genuinely though that I had finally found someone that's interested in me but I got friend zoned. I'm an idiot for having such big expectations just because someone said he had a crush on me.
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