I made a post a couple weeks ago about asking a girl I worked with out on a casual outing to see where things led. We clicked and I found out that we share a lot of similar interests and values. I found that she is everything I want in a partner. Driven, calculated, intelligent and so on…We talked a little about how I was nervous to ask her to hang out because I was working my feelings out about her. Whether I liked her romantically or platonically. I told her there are some feelings there but she let me down easy with the classic “I see this leading to friendship”. I immediately felt down because I felt like there was some form of interest or curiosity on her end. She said that she’s glad we talked to it and to let her know if anything she does causes me to overthink. She also says that she likes how long our conversations run but I fear that it is mainly due to my interest in her. I’m going to take a step back but I feel bad in doing so…I wish I can stomp out the romantic feelings I’ve developed….
TLDR: I’m going to step back after discovering my crush prefers us as friends but I feel bad doing that to her….