Dear Anyone,
For the past year, a new friend and I have had feelings for each other. We've not been explicit about it, but it's clear that we enjoy each other. We enjoy being together, we flirt shamelessly and have made out a few times. It's not uncommon for people to think we're dating when we're together.
When we met, he was finishing graduate school and planning to go to D.C. He's since moved, but every time we've seen each other since then -- which is only a few times -- it's been wonderful. Just recently, he was in town. We flirted most of the night, then slept separately at a friend's house and got up early and cuddled before others got up. Later that afternoon we went to his parents' place where I met his family.
I very rarely have feelings for anyone, and I'm trying to pretend that I don't have feelings for him, but it's tough. Any advice? One of the reasons I think we didn't together earlier is because he's pretty religious and I am not. I think the other reason is that he knew he was leaving. Now that he's gone, I miss him. He's not at all a player. Life is better with him home, although I'm sure he'd never move home for me. What should I do?
Love shouldn't be this hard