Friend suddenly ignores me

ok well I have this friend and we have been friends over five years and we have always been really good friends and we would talk almost everyday,but recently over the past year I started getting very strong feelings for my friend..i never felt like this with anyone before and I thought that I should be honest and tell her even though it took me a while to do so. So anyways after I told her she didn't feel the same way but that's ok it didn't stop us from being friends..but about 8 months later she was acting different than usual and i asked her if everything was ok but she replied that she just really needed her space right now. 2 months after she started talking to me again and i asked her what i did wrong but she wouldn't tell me..now all she does is ignore me more and more..i don't know why and now we barely ever talk when it used to be everyday. it's very confusing. it's really starting to hurt my feelings bc i thought we where friends. why do you think she'd do this? do you think it's anything i did? if so i don't know what i did. I never had someone ignore me so much :( sorry if it was long.

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  • I think she just feels awkward and doesn't know what to do. You can try to tell her that its ok she doesn't feel the same way, that it won't change the friendship if she doesn't want it to. Either way, having feelings does change things. Sorry to say but when friends cross that line it just becomes difficult. They no longer know if you are their friend because you want something or if you are being completely honest about things(opinions, giving constructive criticism, etc). Neither of you are wrong, but the relationship changed from being simple and innocent to being complicated and romantic. That's a big deal. Wether she likes/could like you is irrelevant if she's not comfortable with the situation. One time I liked one of my closest friends and he liked me but we could never quite make it work; it just felt awkward and we didn't know how to transition because we were both young and honestly just didn't know what to do. I'm sorry, but you should move on at least for right now and just try to be as casual as possible with her, show her you still value her as a friend.

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  • Maybe she's not the person u thought she was, coz if she really cares about u she won't let u go..

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  • I try to confront her but she likes to pretend that nothing is going on..and if i bring up a problem (and not in a offending way) she'll just ignore me even more.ugh i must be doing something wrong..

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  • im going through a similar thing right now too ! i told a girl i was friends with that i really liked her and got the same reply as you, we stayed friends but now a days whenever i try and speak to her like on msn for example she will just sign off which i hate and think is really rude lol. well what i think a really good thing for you to do is try and make her jealous , because it sounds like she's playing games a little bit, because i've realised recently that if a girl rejects you it's ususally because they feel there above you for whatever reason, even if its not true in the slightest ,hence the reason she's ignoring you, in fact if that is the reason you make sure you always happy in front of her , don't make eye contact with her , and make a point of speaking to new , maybe even better looking girls in front of her ! because it doesnt take an expert to know that this will definately make her jealous , it may happen straight away or later on but its worth a shot if this is bothering you so much . good luck mate :P

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  • I know how it feels. I have a "friend" that I've known for years. Its hard to know if she's ever had "passionate feelings" for me, but I've been confused about her behaviour for a long time. Anyway, we were "close" until sometime last summer. I needed some emotional support for my ED and all I got in return was judgmental bullshit that ended the friendship for a few months. After we mended, it still didn't feel the same as before. I feel a cold distance between us. Awhile ago, I sent a text to her that was late and she got really bitchy about it and has since ignored me. I asked her a simple question the other day and all I got was nothing. I really don't get people like this. It hurts and I'm sick and tired of it.

    With your friend, it's hard to say what's going on with her. She could be upset with what happened between you or she might've made another friend. I suppose you could co front her about this, if you want. Good luck!

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  • You have put her in aan uneasy situation and I think she's ill at ease with you now. You have to give her space and wait for her to come back and if she doesn't you've lost a friend. It hurts but that's life

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  • Friends don't ignore friends simply because they've confessed attraction. If you're being ignored, chances are you're doing something that either annoys her or creeps her out, and she thinks that telling you would hurt your feelings, or perhaps she HAS told you and you continue doing it.

    Step back and take a good, objective look at yourself and the way you behave around her. If someone to whom you were not attracted behaved that way with you, how would YOU feel about it? Chances are you would want to get away from them, which is what she is doing to you.

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  • I really know wht it feels like to b ignored by sm1 u care about. Maybe she found another friend that she talks to everyday or maybe u hurted her in sm way but u didn't realize that. The only way 2 know is to confront her about it if u really want her back.

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