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Unrequited Love...

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Its been 2 years. I don't know why I am still holding on. I know that I need to flush out why I cant let go...because its deeper than just him and me. I met this guy in college, he was everything that I never knew I wanted. Very popular, very outspoken, very slutty...all and all nothing like me. But the balance, he offered me the kind of challenge and balance that no one has EVER offered me before. Mentally I get him, he stimulates me. I respect him. I don't respect many men, because they've never given me a reason to. He possesses so many of the qualities I need in a man...and I don't question that one bit. Alas, after many conversations all somewhat deep and probing...He wont make the move. This is sophomore year of college. I have graduated and I still cant let go. The crazy thing? Were both such prideful people that neither one of us is prepared to humble ourselves in front of the other person and give it a legitimate shot. He expressed interest in me...But that was a long time ago...fate randomly brings us together, and I run away every time. When I try, he wont... I know what you're thinking... "He's just not that into you!" And you are completely right...But even knowing that, I cant just give up and move on...There is a part of me that's screaming there's still hope... the rest of me knows better. But the one who is crying out for this is louder than any other voice I've heard. I cant find anyone to match the passion I feel for him... I'm not deluded enough to try and find his replacement, but I would like someone to present me with a reason for falling in love with them...all I meet are under-achievers, boys I'd have to grow into men. No one can do that! I can get him out of my head for brief periods of time, and he comes right back like some kind of disease. I was able to let go of the other crushes I've had in my life. I recognized that it wasn't going anywhere and that I should give it up. But I am 22 years old... I haven't had a single boyfriend... haven't been kissed...clearly no sex... and I just don't know why when I finally find someone worth risking it all for... he just doesn't care. He's the type to drag me through the mud if he knew in great detail how I felt. So yes he does have some major jerk tendencies...but so do I. I've been holding this for 2 years and I feel like its finally too heavy and too much. I'm desperate for a resolution, and yet there is a part of me that knows I'll never get one. How do I make myself stop trying, caring, crying about this...I feel like I'm grieving...all the time. I give up, he's reborn, I try again in my quiet way, he doesn't notice or care, I grieve for the loss of what may have been, and the cycle restarts itself repeatedly. Where does it end? How do I do this? I cant live like this! I'm miserable and alone and it feels like I'm never going to have anyone worth having. I don't mind being alone... I have been for years...but it cant always be like this for me...I don't know what to do... any help u can offer is greatly appreciated. My heart is so broken right now. I feel so damaged, its been like this since I was a child...I think a lot of it goes back to my dad. He left my family when I was young, and 12 years later I know I'm not over it. I don't know how to be over it. Just like I don't know how to be over this. I just feel damaged.
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  Nov-2 7:58 am

I really think there's no such thing as unrequited love.  I think true love must be mutual.  Anything less is just interest...lust...obsession.  Which is what you have.

You have a choice here.  Either continue to obsess over him or move on.  It's been long enough that things aren't going to change.  Either you can keep feeling miserable or you can make the choice to move ahead.  It's up to you.

 

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I agree completely... I think Im finally ready to make that choice.
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  Nov-3 1:12 am

I really think there's no such thing as unrequited love.  I think true love must be mutual.  Anything less is just interest...lust...obsession.  Which is what you have.

 

This is something I have to tell myself all the time.  I have fallen so hard for guys who didnt want me, and I felt something that couldnt be love because it was not reciprocated..but it was something different.  How they made me feel.  I would think, if I can only have him, I would give up the parties, the guys, everything.  Everytime I would see him, I would get butterflies, his smile, his eyes, everything about him was just beautiful, and I loved the way it it made me feel.  Everything would seem better.  The day would seem sunnier, music would sound better.  The way he would make me feel, there is no other feeling better than that in the world.  But it was not mutual.  So of course there was heartbreak.  But isnt that a taste of being in love? Or being in love with love?

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I think that's infatuation.  Been there many times.  Love takes much more time, much more contact, and a mutual adoration.

 

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