Hey girls, i could REALLY use some good advice right now.
-My problem is kinda long, but i would really appreciate it if you helped!
There is this boy in my grade, lets call him Bob. I didn't know Bob very well till the very end of the schoolyear, but we've been texting each other every day since school ended. He's a great guy, but not the most attractive...hes kinda cute. Bob tells me everything, even stuff that is very serious [such as suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts] ..don't worry he went to a therapist and is better. So we trust each other a whole lot. Of course, guys can never JUST be friends with me when that is all I want. So Bob admitted he liked me. I couldn't say that I didn't like him, because I was afraid that he would get depressed again if I said I didn't like him like that. So Bob kept pestering me about going out with him, and how i'm so pretty and he really really likes me. My exscuse was that "I don't want a boyfriend during the summer". It finally got out of hand so tonight I told him that I just don't feel the same way for him as he does for me. Bob said I was "leading him on" and that its not his fault, but thats not true because I was very careful with my words, making sure to never directly say anything flirty. Bob was apperently telling everyone that I liked him and he liked me, so basically I was "off limits". I don't want that. I'm afraid I made the wrong choice now, because he really is a great guy, but I just don't know anymore. I think I ruined our friendship too by saying I didn't like him like that. I can't stop thinking about this problem, because I really broke his heart, and I hate knowing that I did that.
So ladies, do you have any suggestions for what I should do?
I would appreciate it so much.
soccergirl18