I'm sorta in the same predicament that Mr. X is in (friend at work, fell in love, friend had other bf's but never me), but I didn't go away lol.
I met here almost 2 yrs ago, and ever since then I've been head over heels for her, all the while she's had bf's. We fooled around a little bit, but that was early on, and I'm in love with her. I'd do anyhting for her: I've given her rides when she was supposed to walk 10 miles to see her bf (well, ex now), bought her stuff, etc. Even my ex whom I was dating at that time was jealous of her. All the while though, she's had bf's and I've been here lonely. I've given her rides to see her bf's and then had to wait while she talked ot them or something (not intentionally hurting me).
I told her when I was home back in march that I loved her, and at first she said she loved me too as a FRIEND, and then I repeated it and she was just like "Oh......." and then she didn't really talk to me like normal that night. Ever since then, I've just shyed away from talking to her about that.
She's with a bf now that she likes, been a few weeks, but deep down I know that we're meant to be together. Her parents and mine say we'd look good together, half of my fmaily thinks we're together bc she's always with me and we always joke around (I tickle her, we hug a lot, we talk about us having sex and stuff joking around, I put my arms around her, etc.) But all the while, she just keeps saying that "we're friends and can't be any more". When I was picking out my tux for her prom (she didn't have her bf when she asked me), we were waiting in line and I was joking around like usual and she said "You're my best friend. I wouldn't do anything more than that with you and best friends mean more than boyfriends anyday." While that was nice, it KILLED me.
We watched a movie today, and she sorta fell asleep for a few min but we were sorta cuddling on the chair. It felt great, I wasn't lonely for once and it felt really natural.
One thing that she said today was that every bf she's had she's cheated on bc she wants to be able to fool around and stuff. I respect that, but it ticked me off and if we dated, would she do that to me? She also said that a few days ago she had a dream that she was in college and I graduated, then she did (I'm a yr ahead), and then she dumped her bf, we made love and then got married to live happily ever after. I know if she's dreaming something like this then her subconscience has to be telling her that I'm the right guy, right?
Long story short (too late), what do I do? I was going to wait until I was about to leave for college and then give her one of those "won't see you again for awhile so I'll give you a long passionate kiss" sorta things, but I wouldn't do that if she had a bf still. I love the girl, and I'd do anything for her, but she's been hurt a lot by all of her past bf's (3 in 2 yrs that I've known her and they've all been a-holes except for this one, so far). I love her and I'd do anything for her, but I don't think that she understands the extremeness of how much I care about her. I mean, I'm not gonna kill myself or anything if she won't go out with me, but I love her and will do anything for her and I jsut want to see if it will work out, but she said that she wouldn't do anything with me bc I'm her best friend and all that stuff.
I just want to give it a chance, is there anything I can do to convince her of at least trying (if she doesn't have a bf then)? I'm just sick of hearing how she's been hurt bc she comes to me whenever something bad happens, and I always have to hear about it and I always get hurt bc she's got these guys that treat her like shit but they don't care that she's amazing. Anyways, I'll stop writing, but I'd appreciate feedback if any can be provided. Thank you all.