I noticed a guy staring at me and sneaking glances at me like he's never seen a woman before. This happened over a really long period of time and I decided to approach him. I got rejected and he kept looking at me all scared and stuff afterwards. Turned out he had a long-term girlfriend (I found out on my own). I was upset and embarrassed but I managed.
Until I told my friends. They just started relentlessly calling me delusional for noticing his attraction (which is totally normal even in a long-term relationship). I never reached out to him afterwards and my friends keep acting as if I harassed the guy in some way. They constantly laugh about the situation and try to gaslight me into thinking I made everything up. At times they would ask about him knowing nothing else would happen, listen to me vent my frustration and just.. not say anything and treat it like unimportant and undeserving of acknowledgement.
I experienced limerence due to all the gaslighting and mocking. They keep misinterpreting the situation and laughing about it which makes it so much harder to deal with my limerence making it constantly return when I'm finally over it.