I put a quote around "friend" because they are pretty much bf/gf it's just not official. Now this is my best friend for like 8 years so we're really tight. But I hang out with this girl all the time and we eat together, work on hw too.
I'm always thinking about her, but even though she seems really attracted to me, she likes my best friend even more. I'd like to just not be in love with her, if only it was that easy. I get the feeling that if my best friend wasn't around, we would definitely have something real, but that's not the case. I told myself that I would just stop hanging out with her so much, but that doesn't work out too well, and when it's just me and her, things are great and I get the impression she really really likes me, but the when my best friend is there also, things are so much different.
I end up feeling like a 3rd wheel and it's awful. She still always talks to me but it's painful for me being in this situation, especially when it's me with them both and I just really want to leave. I'm so in love with her but I don't see things changing anytime soon, as much as I want to just stop talking to her, I just can't. She's everything I ever imagined, but I guess i'm saying that because I'm in love.
I really don't think it's the friendzone, either it seems like more for sure, but i could be wrong.
Any tips?