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What to do with a situationship with coworker, who’s got his rebound pregnant and feelings for both me and her are still involved?

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Hi there, I really need your advice and help in this one, because I’m in dark place right now and feeling like falling apart. This story may sound like a movie script or some mixed misunderstandings and unfortunate events, but this is my life now. So two years ago I’ve met this guy on work. We have quite an age difference, so even though I was very attracted to him, I couldn’t commit right a au even though he wanted it badly. With time passing, we become very good close friends, he helped me through depression episode, we talked a lot with topics seemed never ending. So, when I already healed and felt a ground under my feet, he asked if I will be mad at him for dating someone. At first I said that it’s not my call and he can do whatever he wants, but he kept triggering me with “You don’t sound too happy about it”, so we had an honest talk and I said everything. How I feel about him, why I couldn’t make any move before… But he doesn’t care. He was repeating that we missed each other and it’s just a bad timing. Turns out, he’s already dating someone for month and a half. I can’t stop crying and feeling tremendous guilt that I didn’t even got a second chance, that he walked away. I did so many mistakes, I believed we still have a chance. Maybe I’m just not good enough. I feel tremendous pain. I can’t get him out of my mind and heart. After final talk I couldn’t sleep for two days. Fast forward, at the end of last year we really got close again, he told me that he’s about to dump his rebound, but till then we need to keep boundaries. I agreed only to find out week ago that his rebound got pregnant. She claimed that she’s taking pills and he believed her. He planned to tell her it’s over after New Year’s Eve, but she surprised him on the first day of Christmas with baby. All together he’s claiming to still have feeling for me and for her, but he can’t leave her now. Cherry on the top - we are working together in one team and I don’t want to change my job.

What to do with a situationship with coworker, who’s got his rebound pregnant and feelings for both me and her are still involved?
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