Answer Me This: Let's say you meet someone, IRL or not, and liked them immediately and decided to keep in touch. You enjoy talking to them, but you feel like you're the one keeping the conversations going and keeping your relationship from falling. You get the feeling that this person may not like you the way you like them. But the thing is, you really want to be their friends, you really want to be able to consider them as a best friend. What would you do? Would you confront them? Stop talking to them? Forget them, you think they're not worth it? What would you do? o_0

Yes, I am in this kind of situation. I really just want to know what to do. ^_^;

If you have a concern regarding a friend, you should speak your mind about it. That's a big part of how relationships with other people (not just couples, mind you... I'm talking about friendly relationships as well)work out. You need to communicate. Don't keep things bottled in. Tell them how you feel, and hopefully something will come out of it. If not, then maybe you're just not compatible with that person and you need to find a new friend who you can talk to a lot and not have many moments where you doubt your bond with that person.

You're probably right. I hate that I'm so friggin' shy. x3 Thank you. c:

More help is welcome..c':

i got burned pretty good by someone that evidently didn't feel the same thing for our friendship. i can tell you i literally spent years holding up the friendship... and it taught me a lesson for sure. i no longer do it. i WON'T do it.

you can try talking to your friend about your feelings, but if your friend isn't really feeling it like you say, this will probably be a nice segway into the dissolution of the friendship.

please don't hang on to a friendship because you require it at the expense of your dignity.

I agree with and : if you want something to change, then it's best to confront your friend.

I've been in this situation before where it felt like I did all of the work in maintaining the friendship; I considered her one of my best friends, but she always blew me off for other people, and eventually I couldn't handle it anymore and we went our separate ways. It's not worth it to work that hard in a one-sided friendship; I'm sure there are other people out there who can be better friends to you. :D

i guess my cynical side says that if you approached them to talk about the problems you have in your relationship -- it is still just you making an effort to communicate.

i tried talking with my friend about the problems i saw between us.... and she assured me that it was all bs. i ultimately decided to test it out by no longer emailing, calling, visiting, etc... and see if she would contact me.

2 years later i am still waiting.... ^_^

Omg, I did the same. :o Except we were in high school together, so I just stopped talking to her at school. I tested her when we went on the same field trip together with 60ish other people... she didn't say a word to me the ENTIRE DAY. D: Ugh, people are oblivious...