Am I an idiot for thinking my guy friend liked me because he gave me 3 dozen pink roses?

[Anonymous]

This was several months ago now. I had a classmate from my cohort. An international student from Europe. Our career path is very female dominated, so he's one of the only guys in the class. He's also one of the only good looking ones. And I'm realistic. I knew that he would be desired by many girls. So I was OK with being his friend. I never allowed myself to help, until my birthday party. He was one of the few people in my class that came. He came with a bouquet of over two dozen pink roses. Wrapped up with babies breath and alstroemeria. It was covered with pearl mesh and pink wrapping paper. These flowers are easily some of the most beautiful that I've ever seen. My mom was there when he gave them to me. And she was so excited. She thought that her 24 year-old daughter, me, was finally getting the attention that I've always wanted.

A few months later, I host another gathering at my house. Coincidentally, it was a few days before my guy friend was going back to his home country (but he's coming back for another degree in a few months). It was going okay at first. Until he decides to sit next to another girl in our class, "Mary". At one point during the night, we were playing a card game where we pass cards around and ask each other questions. Even if it wasn't Mary's turn, he would look at her and ask her that question. At one point, he was laughing and he ever so slightly touched Mary's shoulder. When I finally had everybody leave, their car is parked behind one another. He walked married to her car and watched trash she put her things in the trunk. They were talking for a few seconds after. All I hear is a good luck from Mary and they hugged. And they left.

It hurts because I feel like I genuinely did what I could. A week after he gave me those flowers for my birthday, I asked him if he wanted to study together. And he said he was busy, but he offered to send me the questions to the homework assignment. So I declined.


[WhitneySnow]

That’s weird. I don’t understand him. Sorry.

Maybe try talking to him again when he comes back next year?

[Alex-Snow]

It was kind of him to do that but he just may want to be friends. Were you sexually involved with him at all?

[Godihateyou]

He loves you. If he liked you he would have just sent a dick pic

[DCVsMarvel2]

It would only prove that there's really no such thing as "just friends"

[biraileeşkadını]

These roses are so beautiful, fantastic.