Sorry if there are any spelling or grammar mistakes — I have dyslexia and I’m typing on my phone.
Anyway, this might sound kind of “pick me,” but I (15F) have been dealing with a lot of my friends (both male and female) telling me they have crushes on me, and it’s been messing up a lot of my friendships. I know I’m a teenager and this sort of thing happens, but I don’t understand why it’s been happening so much to me in just the past 1–2 years.
For example, my best friend since 4th grade admitted she had a crush on me last year, and now I think our friendship is ending. One of my best guy friends told me he’d had a crush on me for two years, and now he’s ignoring me because I rejected him. (I get that rejection hurts, but I just wish he would talk to me again.) There are a few other situations too, but they’re more complicated.
The main reason I’m writing this is because another friend just told me she likes me, and I’m worried this is going to ruin another friendship.
We were just being normal teenagers, texting about this girl we both dislike, when the conversation flipped to her crushes. Then, out of nowhere, she told me “I love you” in Arabic. After that, she said “I like you” in Spanish. Things got awkward really fast, so we stopped texting, and now I’m scared to see her in class tomorrow.
I just don’t know how to deal with this — with her, and with the others. It’s exhausting.
TLDR: I’m 15F and a lot of my friends (both guys and girls) keep confessing crushes on me, which keeps ruining my friendships. Another friend just confessed, and I don’t know how to handle it anymore.