Sometimes it's a case of you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. I had a budding friendship with a really cool girl. I liked and enjoyed the friendship very much, but I also thought the idea of being romantically involved would be ideal. I considered the signs I thought she was giving me and decided that there was a chance she liked me like that too. Not the case, and she decided it'd be best for me if we didn't see each other anymore. I lost her as a friend.

I took the dive and lost a friend. Of course..now that I know the outcome, if I could go back in time I'd never have expressed anything to her other than friendship and we might still be tight. But if I had never said anything I would have never known and doubt would have always lingered. Or maybe things would have developed later, and the signs would have clearer as to what she felt for me. Really, I blame it on inexperience. I had never really been that close to a girl before and I came on too strong.

Do I wish I'd never said anything? Sure..we'd still be friends. Do I regret having done it? Probably not..now I'm a wiser person..at a high price, but you have to live and learn.