Almost What You Need.
posted by FinleyThere’s a Paul Thorn song out there, called “Almost What You Need.” It’s about the pain of unreturned love, and seeing the one you love not return those feelings.
Never mind that it’s a beautiful song. The concept of having feelings for someone and not having them returned to you is one that has been done to death in entertainment, but not as poignantly as in this song.
Now, I’m not in love by any means. But I get that song a little bit more.
A while back, I posted on Wetwired about a certain woman I’d developed some feelings for- again, not love but certainly a special affinity at least. Shortly afterwards, I made my intentions known that I would begin to “woo” her, for lack of a better term.
She was flattered. She played around with the concept, too, and for a while I thought that it was possible that she might in fact return those feelings I had begun to develop.
(Unless you’re completely clueless, you should see where this is headed.)
Friday, I pretty much saw the writing on the wall after we had danced around the subject for some time. I decided I would end the pursuit, and told her I would only pursue her continued friendship. Later that night, she called. She was sorry if I was hurt, and and she told me that she wasn’t ready for a relationship like that with anyone. In her mind, she would be a better friend than anything else. Me being the schmuck I am, I said I was okay, and that I would be fine.
I can deal with rejection. I’ve been rejected before, and it’s painful. This one hurt too, but I’m at least retaining the friendship. I’d decided that it was more important to keep her as a friend than make anything uncomfortable by continuing after a lost cause.
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Still… it would have been nice.
Out.
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