Or you could just learn to be OK with being friends.
If the crush is persisting for years it’s not a healthy friendship. Sure, crushing for a few months then fading, great, you can be friends. But if it’s been years and you’re still holding a flame, clearly proximity to this person is keeping you from getting over the crush.
Friendship is not one person secretly being in love with the other.
Yeah very much a "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" situation.
Or you could just learn to be OK with being friends.
If the crush is persisting for years it’s not a healthy friendship. Sure, crushing for a few months then fading, great, you can be friends. But if it’s been years and you’re still holding a flame, clearly proximity to this person is keeping you from getting over the crush.
Friendship is not one person secretly being in love with the other.
Yeah very much a "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" situation.