Am i an idiot for doing this?

I'm a guy and my best friend is a girl. I have had feelings for her for a long time. I started crushing on her about a year ago. But I was always afraid of telling her and asking her out because I thought it would ruin our friendship. Last week I finally told her I like her in that way and I asked her if she would like to be my girlfriend. She was surprised and shocked and she said she never considered it before. She said she always thought of me as just a friend and she said she felt awkward. I was very upset by this, as I had hoped she would understand. I left it her alone for 4 days and then I thought I had given her enough space and that it would okay for me to call her again so I did. I wanted to talk things through. She won't answer anything, no texts, calls or any messages. I am afraid that I may have ruined our friendship with trying this. Am I an absolute idiot for telling her how I feel?

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  • fluffy1uv

    You had to day something. She is just reacting very poorly

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  • jsnpq

    You did the right thing. It didn't turn out the way you wanted and that sucks but ultimely you will be fine. Sounds like you dodged a bullet to be honest.

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    • How so did I dodge a bullet?

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      • jsnpq

        She sounds immature, inconsiderate and apparently not much of a friend. I have been in your shoes before and sure, some of those girls reacted like yours did, but most of them were actually nice about it and we remained friends. Unless she stopped talking to you because you reacted like a crazy person yelling at her, calling her names or threatening her or any of that shit then I'm pretty sure she's an emotionally immature coward who probably would have been the type if girlfriend to give you the silent treatment when she got mad at you WHICH IS FUCKING CHILDISH AND FRUSTRATING IN THE EXTREME.

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  • Tealights

    You're not an idiot.

    The only thing you did wrong was expecting that she'll say yes, and getting upset that she didn't.

    In your case, the way you handle rejection can determine whether the friendship will work or not. If you didn't accept her answer calmly, and thanked her for her honesty, then it's going to be awkward. She probably thinks she caused you a great deal of sadness by just speaking the truth, and really doesn't know how to talk to you.

    My advice, send her a text saying you understand and that there are no hard feelings (and mean those words). After that, move on and give her space.

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  • not at all! im am a girl and i would never act like that! she just doesnt understand, youre being honest and thats good

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  • ihavequestions!

    did to look at body language and call her on it ever. i have a current friendship that i felt the same thing was going on. i only wanted to be a roommate then we started hanging out all the time after we became friends but i started to notice the signs of a relationship she would come to me in hoping to hang out more often than anyone else, cancelled plans to hang out with me got upset when i went out with other girls, talked about disliking her partner to me and then showing me their pictures together. she loved when i was sad since it was the only times she could hug me so she always said mean shit then pretend i never exist till i got upset then she would call me apologizing and i would forgive her only she would start blaming me right after. anyway why are woman scary and crazy is it phycological?

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  • Emarmake

    Honesty is a bitch my friend. Everyone says they want it but rarely do they mean it.
    Best advice i can give you is give her time. She may just need a while to think. You have already tried to contact her so she knows you're willing to talk about it so just wait for her to contact you back.
    Best of luck buddy.

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    • Thank you man!

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  • peterrabbyt3

    Try being gay. It is much simpler and far more rewarding.

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  • JuicyDickhead

    You guys are awesome! (Poll creator, I'm on my new account)
    Thanks guys!

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  • Taleygirl1998

    Not at all! There is nothing wrong with saying how you feel, because if you don't you'll never know the outcome. If she has stopped talking to simply because you stated this she wasn't your friend

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  • MR.mr

    No you had something you needed to say and you did. It's far better than holding it in.

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