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Can you really still be friends after saying the "L" word?

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Question - (28 June 2009) 3 Answers - (Newest, 5 July 2009)
A male Australia age 41-50, anonymous writes:

Hello,

I have been friends with a girl for sometime. Then one day I decided to tell her about the feelings i had for her. don't get me wrong we are (were?) friends. I told her because it was eating me up inside and getting worse each day, and i was hoping it would make things better if I was honest about it.

I wrote her a letter and in that letter told her I loved her. it was very special, genuine and heartfelt. I meant it with all my heart and it was real.

Her love was not reciprocal and to be honest I knew that a little, but I needed to make sure my feelings for her was set for real I wasn't just some other guy who had a crush on her... I truly genuinely loved her.

I was also hoping that if I told her and even thought it broke me some day we could be friends again... I don't know if that's true. is it possible for us to be friends again some day?

Today I saw her in the street. I approached her and smiled. she started to smile too. I asked how she was and she replied "good", but continued walking, smiling, maintaining eye contact she then said "see ya" smiled more and kept walking. I continued walking the other way too - but it kind of hurt a bit because she did not speak to me but she was smiling at me?

What do you make of this? her friends say to me it will take time. It seems as though she still wants to be friends but only in time when I'm fully over it all.

Please, I look forward to your reply.

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A male reader, Your friend Australia +, writes (5 July 2009):

Your friend agony auntThats great news.

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A reader, anonymous, writes (5 July 2009):

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I say if you love somebody tell'em.. in the end you get it out there.

Shit what a surprise. She just needed some time to think... A few days later of giving it some time to sink in and leaving her alone (space and time) she called me and said she actually felt the same way but just didn't know how to handle it at first. It was a hard but she was just stoked as to how honest I was and she never had somebody who had done it like that before.

Thanks anyway.

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A male reader, Your friend Australia +, writes (29 June 2009):

Your friend agony auntFrom her reaction it doesn't appear she wants a relationship with you in fact it seems like she was trying to put some distance between you and her. If the letter was totally unexpected by her you may have freaked her out. Next time take it in stages you moved too quickly and without warning.

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