One of my past regrets from high school that haunts me still

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I have a lot of regrets. But one of my biggest ones is that I didn’t pursue a relationship with one of my best friends who had a crush on me from 8th grade and until graduation.

I had feelings of doubt, and I was actively crushing on another person during my Junior – Senior years.

I might’ve been in love with the best friend. I’m not sure. This person made me laugh, made me nervous sometimes, but we were also pretty comfortable with each other too. Many people pointed out that it seemed like we liked each other and we would be a cute couple, and it would make me feel something idk how to explain it.

They (the best friend) confessed after I said I had a suspicion that they liked me. Later on they told me that they loved my smile and my laugh. They said a few more things too that I can’t really remember the exact wording.

I wish I had know how to handle the situation back then, and that I hadn’t handled it so horribly.