Can you be friends with someone if they are in love with you and they dont feel the same way?

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Many couples in love ARE friends, and then there are friends who are not necessarily in love with one another.  They are not mutually exclusive.  You mean to say if one friend falls for another but the other cannot reciprocate can they remain friends?  That depends on the friendship but don't count on it.  Rejection often brings a big cloud of irreparable damage to a friendship.  I fell for a female friend who I did not have the least bit of romantic interest in when I first met her platonically.  I wasn't even the least bit attracted to her.  When I would go out to eat with her I would look at the hot looking waitress serving us.  Then as we spent more time together I fell for her because we had so much fun together and I thought she was the most wonderful person in the world.  No other woman could compare to her at that point!  But, alas, I knew she could never feel the same way about me because she was interested in another guy but I told her how I felt and swore to her that I just needed time to think things out, get over those feelings and we could resume being friends again.  We have not seen nor spoken to one another in over two years and I admit I still haven't gotten over her completely.  Now the most decent thing I can do for her is leave her alone, stay out of interfering, and hope she is happy and doing well.  Unfortunately, life isn't like in the movies or novels where the other person will come to their senses and return the feelings and embrace.  Often times life really sucks, you have to learn to live and accept disappointments.  Maybe you can't completely forget and move on but you may just have to stagger forward step-by-step, day-by-day...