Posted: Aug 27, 2006, 1:21 PM CST
Hmmm... tough one. I was in that situation this spring and hung in as a friend, supporting him to get clarity on the relationship he was committed to, and loving him enough to do that, even if it meant we wouldn't end up together.
They ended up breaking up, and now we are together, and it's the most amazing relationship either of us has ever been in. We're so compatible, and feel so completely at home and comfortable with each other it was almost scary at first, but we're both the happiest we've ever been with anyone, and we're getting married next summer.
If things hadn't turned out that way... I guess I'd just do my best to figure that things weren't meant to be in that way, and I'd try to find some way to just be friends, if I could and he were willing.