Dear Anyone,
I (male) think I am falling in love with my bisexual (female) friend. The problem is she is engaged to a guy several states away and has a girlfriend. She has been engaged for several years and they have lived apart the entire time. Recently, we have been hanging out a lot, and can talk about anything. The problem I'm having is that whenever she starts to talk about her girlfriend it's really painful to me. I was hurt a while ago and haven't been interested in anyone in quite a while. Usually I push people away at first, and as we started becoming friends and comfortable around each other I opened up EVERYTHING to her--more than anyone else. She apparently doesn't open up to people either so there is some type of connection there. I can't lose her friendship, because she is like my best friend now and I guess I'm confused. It didn't start out with me looking for this, it just sort of happened. If anything, I specifically wasn't looking for anything because of being hurt previously. Why do I have to fall for women I can't be involved with? To complicate things, we are probably going to be roommates soon. How do I get over this situation without losing her friendship and without my heart breaking again?
Confused on the east coast