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Dear Panel,

I am going to sum up the story, or I'll be writing for centuries.

It Started As a Crush

I always saw this kid Nick in school, he was in my friend's class. I would always stay in her class just to see him. Everyday walking home from school he and his girlfriend would walk home holding hands. I realized he had a girlfriend, so I won't even bother with him, there would be no point in it. This was in September.

January came and I decided to ask his friend Brian if Nick had a girlfriend (I was wondering if they were still together). His friend said, "Yes, he does."

We Start Talking

Okay, the next day Nick is looking at me constantly, all of sudden he acknowledges my appearance. I then realize Brian must have told him I asked if he had a girlfriend, which showed I obviously was interested in Nick. He starts to talk to me, day by day I talk to him more.

His friend tells me that he likes me. He then asks me if we could talk on the phone, so he gives me his number, I give him mine. We start to talk on the phone for hours a day. We once talked from 11:00 at night to 6:00 in the morning. He tells me how much he likes me, never mentioning he and his girlfriend.

We Start Hanging Out

We hang out for the first time. He comes to my house while my friend is over. She leaves and we stay in the park at night. It was real cold so he held me in his arms as we sat on the bench with no one else there. He took my hand and held it in his.

We went back to my building and it seemed like he didn't want to leave. He held my hands playing with them in his. It looked as if he wanted to kiss me but in my mind was that he had a girlfriend, obviously it wasn't in his.

So we still continue to talk on the phone for hours, he tells me stuff about his personal life, and he has a great personality. He's sweet, romantic and funny.

February comes now, one day he walks me home after school. We are in my room sitting on my bed and he takes my hand, starts touching my face and then he goes to kiss me. I kiss him back...we do nothing else but kiss for 4 hours.

I Write a letter--He Never Responds

I realize I want to be with him, but he still is going out with that girl. He never mentions her, and when I do he tries to change the subject. Finally I decided to write him a letter, telling him how I feel, and I want to know what he wants to happen. I basically let him know, he has to choose her or me. I wrote that what he is doing is wrong and I'm going to wind up getting hurt cause I don't want to build my feelings up for someone who is still going to be dating someone else.

Okay well, he totally never brought the letter up after I gave it to him.

A decision has to be made, you must resist further advances like this!

After that I did the stupidest thing and hung out with him again. We kissed all night in my room. I didn't mention anything, neither did he. I was real stupid for not bringing the situation up, but I'm not a strong person, and he makes me feel like I'm in another world, so I didn't want to ruin the whole moment.

Now it is March, our relationship is building, we are getting much closer. We talk on the phone about things he wouldn't tell just anybody. I call him one day to tell him how I finally feel. This time he opened up, even though it didn't get us anywhere really.

We Finally Discuss His Girlfriend

Bull! He is just a young hormone driven guy.

He told me that he likes the girl he is going out with and he likes me. He said it isn't easy for him either and he is extremely confused. He doesn't know what to do because he never was or thought he'd be in this position.

He said I do have him, I have his heart. I didn't understand that to an extent. He says he's been with this girl for a year or more and he never stayed with a girl longer. He always says how he doesn't want to be alone, or lonely.

I then asked if he was planning to break up with her now, he said he will have to get back to me on his answer...I still continued talking to him and I hung out with him again after that, we kissed and he acted real sweet to me, which makes me not mad at him anymore. He is with me one moment kissing me, then the next hugging his girlfriend. It has been over 2 months, I've been talking to him and I haven't got anywhere.

I Don't Want to Give Him an Ultimatum

Don't give him an ultimatum, just dump him!

I don't want to give him an ultimatum because I'm afraid he might stay with her since he does know her for a much longer amount of time. I like him a lot now as a person. He is really nice and sweet and everything I always wanted, the only problem is-he is still with her. I think he doesn't want to break up with her cause he knows she likes him and will stay with him. I think he has this obsession where he has to be with someone, he doesn't want to be alone, and he don't know if I'd stay with him for long as with her he knows she will.

This is one of my thoughts, I'm still not sure of anything though. I don't know how he could be with me and then be with her with no problem or guilt. I don't know what I should do. I'm too confused to think. I don't know if he ever plans on breaking up with her.

My Question:

If he doesn't plan on breaking up with her, why is he bothering with me?

The Other Girl

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