He Loves Me, He Likes Her

The story behind it is that my friend, Bob*, and I have been hanging out a lot lately, and I really enjoy spending time with him. He makes me laugh all the time, and when we're not laughing and joking around, we're having serious conversations - conversations I could never have with anyone else. I really, truly, honestly love him.

But - as with everything else - this has its own problems; those issues come in the form of his girlfriend.

She and I are friends; don't get me wrong; but I'm always jealous of her. She has the guy I love, and I'm just their friend.

I want to tell him the truth about how bad it hurts to see them together and happy; I just don't want him to be mad at me. I want to be honest. I want to be able to look at him without having a guilty conscience for lying and pretending and not telling the truth.

How should I tell him?

* = name has been changed
February 14th, 2009 at 02:49am