How does a person refrain from expressing possibly negative thoughts, feeling disappointed, unwanted facial expressions, etc… when someone in their life, someone close, someone that they spend an awful lot of time with, starts dating and spending a lot of their time with that ‘other’ person? It’s hard not to feel disappointed when one gets blown off or starts taking the (unintentional) ‘backseat’ to their new potential ‘love interest’. Not saying that they’re not excited and happy for that person. Definitely NOT saying that all their time and life should revolve around the other… It just seems difficult for them to find that ‘balance’ when something new is starting. Sounds selfish, maybe, but it’s a genuine and unfortunate feeling. One that’s not worth repressing or being passive about. 6 to one, 1/2 a dozen to another.

It’s really wonderful to see their time spent with another person other than the ‘regulars’. It’s also fantastic that they’ve found someone (don’t want to jinx anything) and things so far (a week?) have been great awesome. And on the flip side, what about your guys’ time/relationship? ‘Love’ has always been tricky. On the one hand, you don’t want to be the disappoint-er and on the other, you think, “damn, this shit feels good…” and time flies without even simple realizations. ‘Cause, ultimately, it’s all about ‘you’, right?! (selfishness aside) Everyone always says, “you gotta do you.” or “you gotta watch out for the one and only, you.”, etc…

Simple answer: make more friends ‘cause the backseat will start to get lonely - OR - I guess all a person can do is ride it out and let it go, right?