Unrequited Feelings
In the spirit of Valentine ' s Day , Sweety High chatted exclusively with Michigan-based Terri Orbuch—better known as The Love Doctor —for a four-part series about love and relationships, running every Tuesday during February.
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Check back each week as she answers some of everyone ' s most burning questions. Last week, Terri revealed why being single on Valentine ' s Day can jumpstart your love life , and today, the relationship expert is giving us the lowdown on friendship, and whether or not two people can truly coexist as " best friends " when one person has unreciprocated feelings for the other.
It ' s only natural that so many people develop feelings for their bestie.
This is the person with whom we share most of our time, our secrets, our humor, and, most importantly, our true self. When we give so much of us away to someone else, there ' s a natural closeness we feel to this person that exceeds the bond we may have with others.
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But unfortunately, the depths of that feeling are not always shared with the other party involved. It is time to move on. Do you have more conversations in your head with this special person than actual out-loud dialogue? Are you already scripting it about the latest object of your desire? Clear, clear sign right there. No one, no matter what, in any way, shape, or form, is beholden to travel it with you.
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Your identity depends on loving them and them loving you Placing the burden of your general satisfaction with life on the shoulders of another person presents a huge emotional imbalance. This is a selfish and draining type of co-dependent attachment. This occurs as a result of part of you, despite what you want to believe, knowing that the intermix between you and the person on your pedestal is a one-sided affair.
First, realize no person is an object, possession, balm, or prize. No one is obligated to conform to your fantasies. Once this is realized and internalized, a shift occurs: Listening to this might help. Second, accept that what you feel is what you feel. This goes for any relationship, whether a loving couple or a love from afar. I make playlists of songs that are about other things. I stay far, far away from movies and books that center around a romantic plot. So many of our romantic stories paint an unrealistic view of love.
They show someone persistently pursuing the object of their affections and finally winning them over. They show unrequited love as something that haunts your life forever.
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Rarely do our stories show the things that happen more often in real life: If your feelings for your friend were a person, what kind of person would they be? And then they say something that makes me feel again how wonderful they are and how great it would be if they loved me the way I love them, and—hey look!
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My other pal, Feelings, has joined us! It changes the dynamic, almost as if an actual other person came over and sat down with us.
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As a third party in a relationship, Feelings is pretty high-maintenance. Whatever the subject of conversation, it finds a way to connect it back to what it wants and what it thinks is important. It gives an intensity and a focus to your time with them. It helps me deal better when they show up. Maybe, someday, Feelings will go away completely and leave your friendship in peace.
Only time will tell. As big and needy and disruptive as unrequited love can be, it is also a tremendous source of energy. For me, a lot of the pain of unrequited love comes from feeling that energy wasted and meaningless. It can also drive me to accomplish other things. To learn a new skill. To seek out new experiences. To travel and expand my world. For months, most of my free time was consumed in studying and practicing for the LSAT.
I had my sights set on a top school, and I wanted to get a score that would make it attainable.