Dating 101
How do I make him love
me?
I have a big crush on this guy
in a grade higher than me
• We don’t have any
classes together, but
we are both in band
and on the school
paper. I know I love
him because I just
can’t get him off of
my mind.
At a party I confessed my true feelings and he
told me he liked me too - a friend. He said he
just wanted us to be friends right now. I really,
really want to be with him, how do I make him
love me?
You are suffering from a killer one-sided crush, also known as
“unrequited love,” and there isn’t much you can do to change
it into a relationship. I’ll be blunt.You can not make somebody
love you.You can’t even make them like you. There are no
magic spells or secret tricks that will make a person suddenly
feel for you the way you feel for them. Love doesn’t work like
that. Love, when it is real and returned, is one of the most
amazing feelings you will ever experience. Although it is hard
to accept that this person doesn’t return your feelings, it may
help you to know that the pain you now feel will be erased
from your heart when you find someone who does love you
back.
Now back to the issue at hand, coping with your current
crush. Since he has made his feelings for you clear, namely that
he wants to be friends, you really only have once choice.You
have to honor his feelings and wishes.You do however have
options as to exactly how you handle the “friendship
situation.”