So I fell in love with my bestfriend but I knew there's no chance that we'd ever be together so I never tried to chase him or confessed and I was fine with the friendship as well. We were great friends. I used to suggest him shows which I thought he'd like and I told everyone in our group to watch those as well.
Now since aug 2025 he suddenly started flirting with me and he would act very different when we were alone. Everytime he said something flirty I changed the topic and I always told him why would you say all this to someone you don't like wtf because he would say some wild shit and he always replied I never said I don't like you. And he would say this everytime. He also started getting very touchy like he used to rizz Chin up thing where you point somewhere then pull that persons face towards you(sorry I don't know what it's called)
Still I took none this as a hint to confess
Now feb 2026 one day he was really very very flirty since the morning and he kept doing that chin thingy to a point where I thought he'd kiss me 😭😭 like it was scary and then he suddenly held my hand and I again said why would you do all this with someone you don't like that's disgusting and he again said I never said I don't like you 😭 and then suddenly asked me if I liked him and I don't know what happened to me I nodded yes 😭😭😭😭 and he didn't say anything and we decided we'd stay friends
Now I needed some time but he kept telling me to tell outlr group so they'd help me move on I told him I need some time please so he said yes but secretly told one of our friends and asked him to check up on me first then made up a situation so that I tell him what happened ( I am someone who doesn't open up or reaches out easily so when I asked him why'd he do that he told me I know you'd never reach out for help and I wanted them to help you)
Then slowly my crush stopped talking I asked him what happened did I do something wrong and he didn't say anything and I got a panic attack and cried (now that I think of it I shouldnt have done that but In my defence I was afraid of losing my friend. He has helped me a lot and I don't care about my feelings having a friend like him is also a privilege) (at least that's what I thought)he saw me crying and talked to me and then said ok we can go back to talking like before but then I saw he had made a group chat with our other friends where he said the nastiest shit about me and when I asked him why he said I am sorry I was angry (like he said I used to flirt with him I held his hand ) then the next day he said he doesn't wanna talk for now he needs some time I said ok I was sad but I talked to my other friends in the group about it. The next day he said we can talk again
Now for three weeks we were talking normally even making jokes about the accidental confession but then suddenly one day he said he doesn't wanna talk once again and I requested him to tell me what happened if I had done something wrong but he didn't he said he should've done this at the start itself and stopped talking
Now I was sad and I even had problems at my home at that point so I was really sad and needed him to talk to i didn't have energy to do anything
So I was talking to the other friends in my group (they are the ones he had a group with they also said very vile shit about me but I ignored it)
I did get an urge to text him but I didn't
Now one day he texts me saying the other friends told him how us not talking has been affecting me and how I am being over dramatic and its not that deep and said many rude things to me like calling me mentally ill(my mother has bpd and he knows about it) calling me a sociopath and what not and said I am never talking again
Now one day I came to know that turns the friends I was talking to were sending all myessages on their group chat and making fun of me while I was sad here. They didn't wanna talk to me so they were getting angry there ( as I mentioned above I am not someone who reaches out easily they could've just told me we don't wanna talk to you why pretend) they were making suicide jokes about me
Then I saw his messages saying that how he wish I would commit suicide because dealing with a suicide case wou

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So I fell in love with my bestfriend but I knew there's no chance that we'd ever be together so I never tried to chase him or confessed and I was fine with the friendship as well. We were great friends. I used to suggest him shows which I thought he'd like and I told everyone in our group to watch those as well. 
Now since aug 2025 he suddenly started flirting with me and he would act very different when we were alone. Everytime he said something flirty I changed the topic and I always told him why would you say all this to someone you don't like wtf because he would say some wild shit and he always replied I never said I don't like you. And he would say this everytime. He also started getting very touchy like he used to rizz Chin up thing where you point somewhere then pull that persons face towards you(sorry I don't know what it's called)
Still I took none this as a hint to confess 
Now feb 2026 one day he was really very very flirty since the morning and he kept doing that chin thingy to a point where I thought he'd kiss me 😭😭 like it was scary and then he suddenly held my hand and I again said why would you do all this with someone you don't like that's disgusting and he again said I never said I don't like you 😭 and then suddenly asked me if I liked him and I don't know what happened to me I nodded yes 😭😭😭😭 and he didn't say anything and we decided we'd stay friends 
Now I needed some time but he kept telling me to tell outlr group so they'd help me move on I told him I need some time please so he said yes but secretly told one of our friends and asked him to check up on me first then made up a situation so that I tell him what happened ( I am someone who doesn't open up or reaches out easily so when I asked him why'd he do that he told  me I know you'd never reach out for help and I wanted them to help you)
Then slowly my crush stopped talking I asked him what happened did I do something wrong and he didn't say anything and I got a panic attack and cried (now that I think of it I shouldnt have done that but In my defence I was afraid of losing my friend. He has helped me a lot and I don't care about my feelings having a friend like him is also a privilege) (at least that's what I thought)he saw me crying and talked to me and then said ok we can go back to talking like before but then I saw he had made a group chat with our other friends where he said the nastiest shit about me and when I asked him why he said I am sorry I was angry (like he said I used to flirt with him I held his hand ) then the next day he said he doesn't wanna talk for now he needs some time I said ok I was sad but I talked to my other friends in the group about it. The next day he said we can talk again 
Now for three weeks we were talking normally even making jokes about the accidental confession but then suddenly one day he said he doesn't wanna talk once again and I requested him to tell me what happened if I had done something wrong but he didn't he said he should've done this at the start itself and stopped talking 
Now I was sad and I even had problems at my home at that point so I was really sad and needed him to talk to i didn't have energy to do anything 
So I was talking to the other friends in my group (they are the ones he had a group with they also said very vile shit about me but I ignored it)
I did get an urge to text him but I didn't 
Now one day he texts me saying the other friends told him how us not talking has been affecting me and how I am being over dramatic and its not that deep and said many rude things to me like calling me mentally ill(my mother has bpd and he knows about it) calling me a sociopath and what not and said I am never talking again 
Now one day I came to know that turns the friends I was talking to were sending all myessages on their group chat and making fun of me while I was sad here. They didn't wanna talk to me so they were getting angry there ( as I mentioned above I am not someone who reaches out easily they could've just told me we don't wanna talk to you why pretend) they were making suicide jokes about me 
Then I saw his messages saying that how he wish I would commit suicide because dealing with a suicide case wou

Anonymous Practitioner · Accepted Answer

cut them all off. this guy who claimed to like you , and those evil friends. they dont deserve you. if possible, do not ever look at their faces, block them, cut them completely. do it for your mental peace, for yourself. they are not at all good people. how could they make suicide jokes on someone, are they heartless or what. act like you dont give a shit about them. they dont deserve even your one text. that guy does not deserve your love. they acts he was doing and saying that he didnt say he dont like you, and then when you confessed he pulled back like your were only to blame, what is this man. it felt like everything he did was planned. pulling you into himself and then going back. and what kind of friends are they!!!!! no, do not talk with them again.