I meant letting someone I love go in a negative way. It’s something I’ve always done, just cut people off and never look back but it’s left me feeling regret for having done so and struggling with forgiveness for others.

I was shocked by the admission of love because:

1. They told me they were not attracted to me romantically or sexually. So they were going back on what they said previously.

2. They’re in a very public, seemingly monogamous relationship that’s been going on for months

3. I felt that they loved me as a friend, but not as a romantic interest because of their involvement with other women, their denial of how they felt, and because they are with someone they claim to love

I honestly just want us to be friends once we individually grow up a bit more. Distance has happened beforehand and circumstances and mutual friends continually bring us back in contact again and at the very least I don’t want awkward tension.

Is that unreasonable? I can’t always think straight when I’m emotional, but I feel that ending a relationship with an argument is not good for anyone, even though it happens all the time…but idk.