Tuesday, 04 October 2011

  • Would You Admit to Having Crushed on Your Female Friend?

    I wanted to strangle C. when I found out from his best friend that he told his girlfriend he had a crush on me. Well, he didn't say it that way. She asked him if he ever wanted to hook up or more with me. His answer? Nothing could ever happen; either he was in a relationship or I was. I guess he thought he was smart and dodged the question by saying the circumstances were unfavorable to us. She got quiet but I assume he realized it would have been smarter to lie by the amount of fume coming out of her ears. Nothing he said afterwards could lessen her rage. Why would he say that? WHY?!?

    Stefan and I agreed that he was an idiot and should have simply said no, he never liked me that way. There are times when telling the truth doesn't benefit anyone but only causes drama. Unless you find fun in swimming in drama, I strongly suggest you lie about your past feelings/hook ups when you think the other person cannot handle the truth. I say this as someone who cannot lie and hates to be lied to, but I know how insecure girls can be because I used to be one.

    How do you know if your girlfriend is insecure or if she can handle the ugly truth? Confident girls don't ask questions that are none of their business; the answer doesn't matter. They don't like your friend because of her character, morals or something, not because you liked her more than you should have. Insecure girls don't want you to have female friends because they are afraid they could lose you to one of them. That's why insecure girls look for a reason to hate them and to stop you from being friends with them. They keep asking until you slip up and then there's no going back.

    If you don't have a crush on her anymore and you don't plan on cheating with her, it's not important. PLEASE BOYFRIENDS, save yourself, your love and your friend the trouble. Maybe you think I'm exaggerating, maybe you think she is just curious, not crazy. Maybe you're right; but are you willing to risk it?

    To those who believe it's wrong to lie no matter what: Do you think you're helping the insecure girl when you tell her the truth that doesn't matter (anymore) and hurt her in the process of being honest? I remember I felt less to not special anymore, because my ex seemed to have a crush on every girl who exchanged words with him. So PLEASE GIRLFRIENDS, don't ask questions if you can't handle the answer.

Comments (31)

  • bentinhalf@xanga

    I was once told, the best way to make a girl who is a 6 look like a 12 is to act intimidated by her. And I believe in that completely. It is unattractive for a woman to go looking for answers that she knows are going to make her jealous. If you can't handle the truth, don't ask the question.

  • ChuuCheee@xanga

    Sounds like me. :)


    Though when I ask the questions, I don't straight out get pissy and insecure.I'll ask, hear answers I already knew. Feel horrible. Then move on with life.
    Cus guess what. Either you throw a bitch fit and break up, snoop then feel pissy but keep it in, or don't snoop at all. = _ =
  • enoughtodiefor@xanga

    To those who believe it's wrong to lie no matter what: Do you think you're helping the insecure girl when you tell her the truth that doesn't matter (anymore) and hurt her in the process of being honest?I believe it's wrong to lie no matter what. If the girl asked the question, then the answer does matter to her. Maybe it shouldn't, but it does, and that's why she asked it. Yes, the reason it matters to her is that she's insecure. But that means she needs to either find a different guy, or work on building self-confidence.


    She asked him if he ever wanted to hook up or more with me. His answer? Nothing could ever happen; either he was in a relationship or I was.His avoiding the question actually would've made me mad too. Because that sounds like he's lusting after another girl while he's in a relationship with me. If he answered yes, he was attracted to her but he would never act on it while he was with me, I would trust him and that would be the end of it. 
  • laytexduckie@xanga

    If you can't handle the truth, don't ask. I would rather someone hear the truth and be hurt than be told a lie, be happy and then know later that it was a lie and then get even more unhappy and mad. You say you are someone who doesn't want to be lied to, but you encourage lying. Notice the problem there? If you can't handle or trust your partner around friends of the opposite sex (especially if you never even met them and already hate them for no reason), then you do not deserve to be in a relationship. You would be the one creating problems for yourself and the relationship by asking those question. I suggest you mature before bringing someone else into the picture. 

  • lilblucherrygrl@xanga

    I believe in still telling them the truth because if you really care for them you would support them or even help them through their insecurities. Coddling them won't help and in fact it will do the opposite. It's just like teaching a child anything. You have to be consistent. You have to tell the truth every time or it will never sink in. My boyfriend helped me through my insecurities by telling me the truth no matter how harsh it was and talking to me about it afterwords. I'd go through how I felt about it and why I felt that way. Then I had to think if it was really worth getting that worked up over certain things or if it was just my emotions amplifying the situation.

  • Guteman91

    I view it as such, a girl gets insecure about such questions and then it's best for me to end the relationship or simply remain friends with her and not take it any further. A woman either doesn't ask such questions or is simply curious and doesn't care what the response is (unless it's something incredibly outrageous).

    Same principle applies to males. A boy gets insecure and will freak out and be jealous. The man will either not ask such questions or ask them purely because he wants to get to know the person he's with better. Furthermore, he realizes that the woman is with him and if anything, he should take solace in that fact.

    In short, if someone is that insecure about such questions then I'm dropping their ass. The ones that are insecure over such questions are usually the ones who also hold everything little thing that you do or have done, over your head. In such a relationship, love and affection cannot freely exist or be expressed, there's no point in investing time in such a thing.

  • let_the_right_one_in@xanga

    I have very little patience with girls these days, so I'd probably tell her to stop asking me stupid questions. I don't see why we have to tolerate them in the first place. All they do is cause unnecessary drama.

  • sugar_mama@xanga

    so i guess wanting to know about your SO pass is correlated with insecurities? i'm sorry, but if i'm asking questions i wanna know how many people you fucked, how you fucked up in your past relationships, what you didn't like about it, etc. to make the one i'm in with YOU, better. damn, people these days

  • kilikijay@xanga

    @bentinhalf@xanga - that was my first thought when I read this.  I don't get why she would ask a question like that.  he shouldn't have had to lie about his answer... I mean, unless he gave her reason to ask that, she should have asked him that question, period.

  • Footballblogs@xanga

    I wouldn't, because I know she has never felt the same way.

  • dynamicstars@xanga

    i'd rather know the truth than be lied to, regardless of my "security" level in the relationship.


    after all, if a boyfriend of mine had a crush on another girl(s), why the fuck is he wasting my time by being with me? also, if he developed said crush while dating me, he's clearly not the kind of person i want to be with - that is, a man who's got enough sense to distance himself from other females when he feels himself getting too close.


    (note: this doesn't include pure physical attraction to a stranger (lust). i'm talking crush here, where there's some getting-to-know-you before someone "likes" you)

  • vanoakenfold@xanga

    "Unless you find fun in swimming in drama, I strongly suggest you lie about your past feelings/hook ups when you think the other person cannot handle the truth."


    Drama is in the ear of the beholder. Who am I to say that someone else is unable to handle the truth? Am I your mother? You can choose how you take it. If you don't think you can choose your own reaction... are you just flying through life as the slave to feelings, hoping that a "good" day will pop up most of the time? Feel what you want to feel, with intent and purpose..
  • jeezshoua@xanga

    I ask my husband random questions all the time regarding his past.  I'm not insecure by any means, but I am curious to what he went through his past relationships, what went wrong, and how much he changed from it.  I don't get jealous or anything by his response.  After all, he did pick me to spend the rest of his life with..

    Regardless, I'll tell the truth no matter what.  If you don't want to know, don't ask.  If you ask, don't get butt hurt when it's not what you want to hear.

  • Insomnia_Pickles_XtraTomato@xanga

    i don't ask these kinds of questions, i usually assume that he probably did have a crush on them at some point (to be honest, i've had crushes on a lot of my guy friends that just turned platonic :P lol so its not a big deal unless he's talking down their panties or something.) although, because we were friends first, i had already heard about some specific friends he had that he did like. once in a while i'll feel a little insecure about it, like if we are hanging out with said girls, but, we love each other, so i always spring back. and i try not to act on these insecurities, i KNOW its not attractive. lol

  • Insomnia_Pickles_XtraTomato@xanga

    on the other hand, i would be really, really, hurt if i found out my boyfriend LIED to me about something like this. or withheld the truth :( i'm not a child, i can handle my information. and i'm not saying i wouldn't be hurt either, but i would still rather know.

  • SweetNGuilty@xanga

    NOTE: I wrote this angry blog (months ago) after I had another encounter with her where she completely ignored me while saying hello (giving kisses on the cheek) to my boyfriend who was standing right next to me and talking to me. Let's say I had enough of her. Amongst other things, she forbid my friend/her boyfriend to invite me to his birthday party (on New Year's Eve); a party my boyfriend always attended because they are best friends. It just felt like she deliberately did everything to create tension between my boyfriend and me; and he's at fault for saying the truth.

    @enoughtodiefor@xanga - I think people tend to not find the right words under stress situations. I'd probably be pissed at his wording, too.
    @laytexduckie@xanga - It's an oxymoron, I know, but immature people need love too. They think they want the truth, but in reality they want you to tell them what they wish was the truth (therefore a sweet lie or the most positive yet least probable of all options). I used to want to hear it too. In my last (first) relationship, truth hurt. Now I'm just meh, whatever. Everyone has a past.
    I always tell the truth without thinking, and hurt some people in the process. When I notice it's often too late, and I just wish I hadn't, because I see how hurt they are.  Though I agree that finding out the truth later always hurts more.
    @lilblucherrygrl@xanga - You have a very patient boyfriend then. Congrats! It's very good that you could work on your insecurities while still being in the relationship and not after everything is too late.
    @sugar_mama@xanga - I never said you should lie about your past or about how many people you fucked and all the ex, sex and one night stand related stuff. You shouldn't. It depends on the questions really. And the answer to her question didn't make their relationship better.
    Just re-read my blog. Shouldn't have written /hook ups.
    @dynamicstars@xanga - I agree. It's a waste of time to have a boyfriend who has a crush on someone else.
    @jeezshoua@xanga - I'm like you now. I ask questions because I'm curious about his past, not because I'm insecure. Though it took me one relationship to learn.
    @Insomnia_Pickles_XtraTomato@xanga - I guess it's different in your case because you had crushes on your guy friends too, so you know those girls mean nothing to him anymore because your crushes mean nothing to you anymore.

  • haltija@xanga

    the way i see it, the girl wouldn't have just randomly asked this question out of the blue - clearly her boyfriend was acting in some way or doing something which provoked this question. for that reason alone, the truth is far more important than a lie to save some hurt feeilngs.

  • chanchina@xanga

    Well I usually tell the truth... even if it hurts... I don't lie well... but sometimes people don't like the truth...

  • lil_fire_bella@xanga

    Mhmm I went through something similar. One of my closest guy friends told his girlfriend (whom I'm also friends with) that he'd been in love with me for the past two years. I was aware of this but I didn't know that he told her. I just noticed that she started to act really strangely around me. Needless to say, she wasn't too pleased about this and it totally changed our friendship. When said guy told me what he told his girlfriend, I was a little upset because it caused sooo much awkwardness. In addition, he also told his girlfriend that we kissed, which was sooo not true.

  • BimmerPhile@xanga

    The only person who is an idiot is his girlfriend for asking a question that she didn't want an honest answer to.  Seriously, why do girls do this shit ALL THE TIME?  Grow up and stop playing games, damn.

  • sunalun@xanga

    this really just sounds like a big ol' compliment to yourself. 

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  • mycontinuity@xanga

    She asked because she felt something was wrong, and it was. ><

  • SweetNGuilty@xanga

    @haltija@xanga - I'm not sure if he did something out of the ordinary. He's very generous with compliments to every girl AND guy (whenever I logged on FB I saw him commenting on girls' pictures: "beautiful" "gorgeous" etc) so I assume he said I was nice etc too. But it's just his nature, and she should have known his thing about complimenting people by then.
    It's not about hurt feelings, but about destroying relationships between others. If you read my other comment you'll understand.

    @lil_fire_bella@xanga - Why did he lie about you two kissing? It doesn't make any sense, I mean, was he too drunk to remember or did he say it to give her a reason to dislike you?

    @sunalun@xanga - I don't understand.

    @mycontinuity@xanga - I don't think he had a crush on me when he was in a relationship. I think he only liked me when he was single. But he liked other girls as well. He finds 7 out of 10 very good-looking. So it doesn't mean anything really.

  • lil_fire_bella@xanga

    @SweetNGuilty@xanga - He's honestly just a weird kid. When I asked him why, he said he lied because he wanted to see what her reaction would be? I was just upset that he involved me in their personal drama.

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