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I was ecstatic when I became friends with a stud of our school, litteraly like my manna from heaven... he even took me out a couple of times, though he never expressed any feelings until after some months he started to really compliment and flirt and take an open interest in me. They were the best days of my life and he was, is, perfect, he is charming, confident, sexy, good looking, just everything... until I asked him out, i just didn't want to let whatever this feeling was between us, go. He rejected, saying he doesn't do dates anymore, so I settled on friends with benefits ( yeah I was that crazy for him) we just went to second base and it was so passion filled I miss it till date. One month later he left me for a bestie of his who recently broke up with her bf, i was crushed and we had a fight over something else also and we didn't text for a month. then suddenly he did and I knew why- his bestie dumped him two times and he was seeking solace and I was such a pathetic despo I went, I even hinted if he wanted to be friends with benefits I was ready...( yeah it was THAT good) but he was still hung on her and then I even dated an enemy of him to make him jealous but he doesn't budge. Now I have left dating and all for a while because I have to get into a new school and prepare for exams and dont want any distractions... I would be lying if I am over him completely. I don't know if I ever loved him, I think more of, infatuated coz he is a stud and all but yes some very real feelings were also involved. Everything reminds me of him, no matter how many times I think of something that happened between us, I smile, when I see him I still smile like an idiot, my bestie complains I talk about him all the time and sometimes I think we could have had it all, we would have been happy, and what went wrong. I hope in my new school (if I get in) I will get another better person but till then... what to do? Love is so beautifull but why does it make you so emotional?

I like a guy from work of three years both managers/good friends.
In the past I felt he liked me but I was taken or liked someone else.
When I was overseas last year I set him up with my best friend, he got to second base one night nothing more after that she now lives over seas.
He was causally dating someone beginning of the year they occasionally met up but nothing came from it. He won’t discuss this with me since they ended things [I was first to know] [but he talks to others about it].
He texts me picture memes often in relation to personal jokes between us. This has stopped recently in the last month or so.
I feel there is sexual tension but the more I feel I am flirting he is backing off.
Despite that these are things below to suggest he may like me.

2 friends of his sep. occasions asked if I liked him I said no [6 months ago]
he made a joke that I would never go anyone at work.
2 weeks ago we met up for drinks his idea. I was running an hour late and said don’t bother he said he would wait.
He asked me this night who I would go at work [I said him because other guys are taken or not straight, he changed the topic when I asked about him]
He moved this causal drinks into bottles of red and dinner and stretched it from a knock off to 7 hours.
He was engaged in convo and I was able to get his agreement on things he normally would not.
He was sitting facing me legs apart close despite us sitting at bar.
He kept bringing up relationships [in general and about my future].
He often praises how much my dad likes him.
He bought an expensive bottle of white for me and our boss and said to the boss that he owes me.
He calls me pet names at work and always says hello straight away despite it being busy.
I asked him to set me up in the past and he said, no one is good enough [5 months ago].