I have a crush on my friend. I don’t want to have one, I know he doesn’t and won’t reciprocate if I were to tell him, and he just got out of a really toxic relationship. I’d rather die than tell him, it would be so awkward for him. Working to get over it is really hard because I see him a lot and I enjoy seeing him, and if I were to suddenly pull away I know he’d ask what’s wrong and I wouldn’t feel right lying to him. Everyone online says that I should get this out somehow, but we’ve got so many mutual friends it would be impossible for me to tell any of them without him finding out. I like him so so so much, he’s genuinely such a sweet, wonderful human being. But I could never be with him, not realistically. We’re better off as friends anyway.