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Getting rejected by a friend can sting, especially if you two were pretty close. It can feel pretty confusing when he says he doesn’t like you but still wants to be friends. Separating your romantic feelings and your platonic feelings can be tough at first, but you can do it!
Here are 10 tips to help you navigate your friendship with a guy after he’s rejected you.
Steps
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Tips
- Be gentle with yourself and focus on self-care as you ease back into the friendship.Thanks
- Getting rejected might hurt right now, but time is the best medicine.Thanks
Warnings
- Never think of making slanderous remarks like "He rejects me, I'm sure he doesn't like women, he's a gay man". This may make you feel very insulted and ruin any chance that you'll still be friends, and you may also be a gossip, so you'll lose friends to such an extent that you may be alone, with no friends.Thanks
References
- ↑ https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-unrequited-love-for-friend-320197
- ↑ https://greatist.com/connect/what-to-do-after-a-breakup#5.-Know-that-wallowing-is-A-OK-to-a-point
- ↑ https://greatist.com/connect/what-to-do-after-a-breakup#5.-Know-that-wallowing-is-A-OK-to-a-point
- ↑ https://greatist.com/connect/what-to-do-after-a-breakup#5.-Know-that-wallowing-is-A-OK-to-a-point
- ↑ https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/rejection
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=135&v=n31Mn2Pj2CE&feature=youtu.be
- ↑ https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-unrequited-love-for-friend-320197
- ↑ https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-unrequited-love-for-friend-320197
- ↑ https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-unrequited-love-for-friend-320197
- ↑ https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-unrequited-love-for-friend-320197
- ↑ https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a30719895/how-to-deal-with-rejection/
- ↑ https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/how-to-deal-with-unrequited-love-for-friend-320197
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=281&v=n31Mn2Pj2CE&feature=youtu.be
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