God its been a long time since i posted here.
So i used to see this girl about a year ago, things were going really well for about a month but she went travelling for like 3 months and it fizzled out. When she came back we were both really busy with various things like work and other social activities. We went on a few dates that were spread out across the year and nothing really happened.
I had a party last week and invited her, she stayed late with a few of us (she hadn't met any of the others before) at the end of the party and i decided id been an idiot for letting it slip through my fingers, although nothing happened at the party. She left and the next day we were discussing it and i said to my friends i was going to tell her how i felt. A day or so passed and i was abuot to do it and i find out she asked my friend out, one of the guys she'd only just met at my party.
To avoid embarrassment and knowing she'd asked out my friend i decided not to say anything. Said friend asked me if i minded if he went out with her. Despite me already telling him what i had been planning on doing. I felt like i could hardly say no so i pretended i was fine with it.
I'm now absolutely gutted. I feel like ive wasted an amazing opportunity and im really pining for her and i feel i cant be friends with that guy any more. I can appreciate that this is made worse by wanting something i cant now have, but still feel pretty awful abuot it all.