If I'm not romantically attracted to my friend (22F), why do I feel a slight hint of jealousy or uneasiness when I see her with other guys?

BullShark

I have a close friend from college whom I've known for almost four years now - or at least, we used to be close. We'd met through a mutual friend of ours and hit it off really well. She was smart and funny, and shared a lot of the same qualities as I did. We'd talk almost every day, late into the night, talking about random stuff, even sometimes personal and risque topics.

Just recently until just a couple months ago, she had a nasty break up with her boyfriend who was a toxic control freak. The break up broke her and for a whole month, she wasn't herself. But being her good friend, I tried my best to always be there for her. Now I do admit, I wasn't always physically or sexually attracted to her at first - maybe because I never tried looking at taken girls, but I will admit she was stunning and and very pretty.

Another month passed and when she started feeling better, I asked her out for lunch at her favorite restaurant and she said yes at first, but cancelled on me last minute because of a friend's wedding, wanting to reschedule for next week, where she cancelled on me again, this time for a friend's party. After that, she never acted the same towards me, acting distant and even alienated. Before, she'd write paragraphs and bombard her messages with emojis, but now, her messages were reduced to one word answers after hours would pass.

I deduced it to her being busy with life and didn't bother her much after that. But then a couple weeks ago, I saw a photo she posted with a guy from college, one of her "friends" as she used to tell me, in a very questionable pose which would make anyone think they're dating. She even posted the pink twin hear emoji next to his name in the description. I don't know what it was but seeing that pic of them, and seeing her happy with that guy made me feel sick and I immediately logged off and haven't logged on since.

What's wrong with me? And why did she blow me off and change her demeanor towards me like that?

If I'm not romantically attracted to my friend (22F), why do I feel a slight hint of jealousy or uneasiness when I see her with other guys?
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