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How do I get over these lingering feelings for J without losing him as a friend?

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Question - (27 October 2014) 1 Answers - (Newest, 3 November 2014)
A female United States age 26-29, anonymous writes:

It might be long, so please bear with me.

I'll start off with some basics.

I am currently 20 and my boyfriend is 21 years old (we'll call him K). We've been together for almost 3 and a half years, since my junior year in high school, and his senior.

During those my junior year in high school however, before I was dating him, I was interested in this other guy. Let's call him J. But the reason I "fixated" on J AT FIRST (I came to like him for real though) was because K was interested in another girl and I wanted to get my mind off of K. So J and I went on a date but he said some things, and basically, everything just fell through with us.

Not soon after, K and I finally went out.

However, now, 3 years later, I still have lingering feelings for J.

I am totally in love with K and he is the person I see myself married with in the future, but those what if's are bothering me.

Because K, J, and I all have the same group of friends, we're all pretty close. We hang out all the time, and the feelings for J come and go.

Keep in mind, I have had a closure talk with J, and we sorted everything out just recently. However, J never told me that he was over me, because during that talk, he just said "I messed up."

Also, the fact is, J is pretty flirty. That's his nature. He's gone on dates with other girls, but sometimes when we hang out with our friends, I feel like he gets moody with me.

When we're hanging out alone, J and I get along fine, and he's nice to me. However, when K is around, J sometimes acts like an arse to me, like ignoring me, giving me blunt answers..etc.

Basically, what i want to ask how do I get over these lingering feelings without losing J as a friend? Also, does J have lingering feelings for me?

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A male reader, Denizen United Kingdom +, writes (3 November 2014):

Denizen agony auntYou can only ever have half the world.

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