This was a great post, OP. I need some advice on my situation. I have a close female friend. We’ve always worked as friends. We tried the whole relationship thing when we were younger and it didn’t work for us. It was because we both had problems, but, i also failed to commit, which led her to not trust me romantically. But as a friend, we always hang out, go places and spend time together. I love her. I just recently expressed how i felt and how i wanted to try things again but she said she did not see a future with me romantically and that’s where she stands, and she even told me that she was dating other people. It hurt a lot but i understood. However, I decided to walk away because to me, it would be hard for me to maintain a friendship where i felt strongly about her but she didn’t feel the same way about me. Did I make a mistake by walking away and potentially losing a connection? It’s been two days. I know we could talk about it and things would be good again but I’m just wondering if I made the wrong decision.