Ugh, I've been there.

-_-

Been there, done that, got so many T-shirts I could wear one every day for a month...

been there more times then I want to remember... great pic though you can see the true feeling. hope to see more great art from ya

Oh my gosh, I've been there before (and and it seems right now too). "Just have to continue to smile" - eloquently put.

It's beautifuly sad ! ^^;

iv been there ... once ..... when i was 15 .... i dont really remember it.... awesome pic though

This is a lovely story to go with the image.

-_-

Happened to me sometimes
made me felt like shit

and it still does

Bittersweet and true, this ones gonna strike a nerve with a lot of guys out there...

Only way I know to handle this is walk away. The alternative is to watch her date every idiot and asshat that you know will hurt her, but which she apparently can't tell are bad news. And if she does find a good man, you'll spend years thinking it should have been you. She'll break your heart every day without ever knowing she's done it; or maybe she does know, and doesn't care.

Time to get the hell out of dodge. Hurts less in the end, and at least you can move on.

This is one of life's very few no win situations, and you've put it into art and words beautifully :)

its true even if you smile and say everythings allright yo will continue to suffer
i agree with you
i think the best solution is simply to walk away

Same thing happens to girls too, believe it or not.

i do believe
its a horrible feeling
i felt it some times and i hope to never have to feel it again

Agreed.

Oh I fully expect so! Maybe a little less often (not many guys say no unless they're attached!) but I'm sure it does happen.

Solution is still the same - you can not hang around with them anymore without slowly going nuts :/

What sucks is when you're eachother's best friend, and it really isn't an option.

It's kinda worse when she figures "well maybe" and you go out and it's great, or so you think for a while, but then she decides that no, she doesn't feel like you're more than a friend.

Yeah, I am slowly going those nuts you mention, because I can't walk away and moving on is hard when the friendship is still as good as it was. >_>


Anyway.
Assuming Kemono skims comments on drawings:
I envy this shading technique, seriously. And this captured the emotion damn well, both in image and text.

ugh...
makes you happy then just literaly kills you
happened to me 2 months ago
i didnt left my room for a whole week

This happened to me twice. I suggest waiting. Maybe walking away? But finding a way to take a step back and smile and live. One story ended after 8 years of hard labor and great effort. Only to STILL be regected. Very unpleasant. However I am now dating the other. Life is rough and sad. Pain reminds us we are alive. Grasp it. Love it. Enjoy it. Its ok to suffer. Suffer in good health. Take pride in who and what you are. And let love find its way to you. love will find those that wait. If you search for it you find its evil dopplegangers more often.

Aaaw.

I know that feeling.

Oh I've been through that. I played the friend part to the point where I actually tried to keep her and her boyfriend together.

Been there, done that and yeah, physically it looks a lot like that. Internally it's a lot worse but unless you're a total emo putz you put on a good face and deal as you keep looking.

I'm there right now and it hurts.

Try harder and wait longer.

... ohh i can top this easy "i thought you were gay" is much more hurtful

Meow,

Oh yes I know this boat well. And It still hurts to much to talk about, they say time will heal your heart, but so far for me, that's not true....

merrrr, i was there not long ago. now we no longer talk, unrequited love is the worst

*hugs* it does hurt but love can't be won with kindness it has to grow naturally...I'm sorry it hurts hun

Everyone's been there

Well, except those insanely lucky people, anyway.

Nice picture, really captures the moment. (That dude needs to just drop things completely for his own sake, heh)

I wonder how many "I've been there" post you're going to get.

Aww, damn.

I've been there before.

happens all the time ^.^;




*weeps in corner*

I've been there, in a variety of circumstances, I've also been on the other side too... It's never easy, and never fun. But I believe there's a reason to things, maybe not a cosmic reason, or fate... But things work out somehow no mater what, and if sometimes things don't work, maybe there's something better waiting... There certainly can be if we make it so. : )

And then the restaurant burned to the ground*

heh, he would probably prefer that at that moment. *anything* to get out of that awkward situation.

Yeah, I sorta know the feeling but was never in the situation. :P

Sometimes it's hard to keep smiling.

Ive been on both sides of this boat, and neither of them are fun.. :/

For the person breaking the news, you feel bad because they are your friend and you care about them. Sometimes you wish you could feel for them what they feel for you... but you cant force love. It has to happen on its own and grow there, and sometimes its just not felt by both parties..

For the one hearing it... it hurts worse than anything. You question yourself, feel that you arent good enough. Its hard to be around them, and if you have any desire to keep the friendship alive, it takes a lot of effort, because every time you see them you have to pointedly and frequently remind yourself not to get too close and blur lines..

Though Ive got to say, I dont agree with all the people out there who hate the girls (or guys) like that and go on about how theyre stupid for not choosing the one who is like in the story above.... As I said, you cant force love, even if you want to.

I have immense appreciation for your inclusion of the other side. Saying no isn't easy or painless either.

A lot of people dont realise that neither side is pleasant :/ And Ive been on that other side as well, and to hear people talk about the one who has to say no as they do.. it kinda makes you feel heartless. O.o

Thank you.

as you said... All you can do is respect their wishes and continue to "smile"...

and it hurts...it hurts...so much...

.. yeah :(

I'm getting close to that sort of situation, but... maybe it'll turn out alright? Hopefully.

Unrequited love. It hurts the most.

Awkward! That really hurts...

There's a pain in my chest after reading and seeing this picture...gonna go sleep it off nao...

Lovely Artwork.

Going through this right now, as a matter of fact...

haven't had the opportunity to be on the other side of this, but I'm sure it is no picnic either

French say Gardez-vous d'être amis pour être amants/ Don't be friends to be lovers

How true, but we can't help but to hope that there's exception to that rule.

So oftin many of us have been there, and yet when we ask what someone wants for a love, they are saying they want us. I can never get my mind around that....

*sigh I can only weep for those who cannot see the fact that you need a friend, as well as a lover; for with out the first, you can never truly have the second.

Did this really happen to you?

I've been there at least 3 times in the last year...Guess I really am not "boyfriend" material v.=.v

good story, been there too.

I like the emotion that you put into pieces like this, especially coupled with the words.

A feeling that I'm still trying to get over, day after day.