h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Why does everything have to be so complicated? Why is it that whenever a person likes someone, the other person almost never likes them back (at least not *that way*)? I don't think it's fair.

I met this guy the other day, he was nice and pretty cool, and even looked kind of like one of my favorite celebrity dream guys. He likes me a lot, too. But, I don't like him. He called me the night we met, which I think is kind of soon. He seems like he is looking for someone serious, and it feels like he likes me too much. I also suspect that he is making things up to have something in common w/me. We do already have things in common that I know aren't made up, but everytime I tell a story about something that happened to me, he has a similar one. I know that can really happen, but this just feels fishy.

Then there's this good friend of mine who I think is really cool and I like spending time w/him. I think that he likes me and would go out w/me in a second if I wanted. But, I don't like him *that way*. I think he knows this, but he likes me as a person and is content being just friends.

Then there's the guy I really like, but doesn't like me (you guessed it) *that way*. He used to, and I don't know why he doesn't anymore, and I never will. We are friends, and I enjoy being around him and talking to him. This is parallel to my relationship w/my friend, except that I never liked him *that way*.

What is it about people that makes them want what they can't have?

I don't know, but I sure have a long history of it.

me too.