“Let’s just be friends…”. Undoubtedly the most unwelcome words for a guy to ever hear. Nice guys, and I’d like to think I am one, are cursed to hear those ugly words many times in life. I’ve certainly been kissed off more than my share by them. It ultimately feels like rejection, only covered in confectioner’s sugar to sweeten the taste.
Today, I think I would welcome those words.
Why did you have to take my note, after I caught the wedding ring and tried to pull it back? It would have been so much easier if you let me down easy that day. I was ready for it. Going into any situation you must be prepared for any outcome. I was poised for rejection, it’s my usual pose. I wasn’t prepared for you to want to get to know me “as friends”. I wasn’t prepared for you to pry your way through the very small wall of scar tissue that I call my heart and make me want you more. I wasn’t prepared to invest myself emotionally in you, to want to make up for the poor manner in which your husband treats you. You deserve better and it is my nature to want to give better to you. I want to take you away.
But I can’t.
I’m not financially secure. I’m in poor health. I have no place of my own. I am in no way an upgrade for you. You need security in the comforts of life that I cannot provide. If only good intentions were currency.
This will not end well, I just know it. I can let myself enjoy the waltz of the initial flirtation, getting to know you on a deeper level, to lie in bed thinking of those hungry, stolen kisses. But to what end? It’s just not fair to you. You deserve better.
5% of me is shouting down the other 95% of me to do the right thing. The blare of reason is the only thing loud enough to drown the raucous roar of my beating heart.
I want you.
I need you.
But you are not mine to take.
Until something changes on your end…please tell me you want to be “just friends”. I will hate it. I will fight it. But I know that I will learn to live with it. After all, It’s the only way this can end well.
Wait, don’t. I want to savor the moment for a while…
The Tao of Bill 
Those words are the words nobody wants to hear but are said all too often.
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You got that right
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All I can say is that if you are going to eventually crash and burn with whatever this is, you may as well enjoy the ride and make it as long, fun and stimulating as you can.
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Well said!
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Are you ready to tell her that?
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No
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I read a book once where the girl had a male friend who wanted more than she could ever give.
He couldn’t bear it, and so moved away cutting off all contact. Then he came back because he would rather be in her life as a friend than not have her in his life at all.
The circumstances in the story were totally different to you I know, but you are right, it does not look like it will end well as she is married. Unless something changes at her end, it’s a tough call and a hard road to tread when you have feelings for this lady Billy. It is not my place to say, but I hope she will not string you along…… I’ve known married women do that and not give a fig about the people they hurt.
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if anyone is stringing anyone else along, it’s me stringing me along. But, as you can see I know where it’s headed
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Eyes wide open Billy, best way. Enjoy each other’s company.
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Stop that!
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