So long story short, 2 days ago I (M17) confessed my feelings to my best friend of 10 months (F19) (started developing feelings around 2 months ago which really went crazy when I got into a motorcycle accident 3 weeks ago and she was in the Hospital every other day) after she directly asked me about it in person the day before and I just gave a joking reply. Things went as they they were bound to happen, she shut me down. We'll meet friday and talk about it in person, I'm not sure what to tell her after all of this or what to even do with myself either. Apart from drowning everything in Alcohol ontop of the Painkillers obviously, that always worked. Anyways, what do I do? I still like her but It‘d probably eat me alive if she brought another guy right now, although Im not really sure if I could do any worse whatsoever. I'll attach her text for anyone interested. Hey, thank you for being so open with me. You’re very important to me as one of my best friends, and I don’t want anything to change about that. I really like and appreciate you as a good friend. You and (Mutual friend of ours) are like little brothers to me, and that just makes me happy. With you guys, I can be myself without having to worry about anything. We just get along really well, have fun, and can tease each other without hurting the other person, and I love that. I don’t want to change any of that. I don’t want to give you false hope, and I hope you understand that. The reason I brought it up on Sunday was simply a gut feeling I had and because I was unsure. That’s why I had already been subtly trying to give you hints beforehand that we’re just friends and nothing more. Subtly, because I wasn’t 100% sure whether you might see things differently. I was afraid of hurting you, and I’m glad you’ve now brought it up so openly and that we can clear things up. I hope you’re okay with that, and as I said, I hope we stay close friends. If there’s anything that doesn’t work for you because it’s too much, please feel free to tell me. I really want things to stay the way they are and for nothing to come between us. Your friendship means a lot to me. We can also talk about it in person again if you’d like, so things don’t become weird or uncomfortable between us. Just tell me what you think about it   submitted by   /u/PaleTie6084   to   r/heartbreak [link]   [comments]