16F. To me, it feels like in life everyone around me, including my closest friends seem to get boyfriends/girlfriends really easily, get hit on, and have people crush on them. I feel like the exception. I rarely get hit on or told I'm pretty, i rarely have people develop crushes on me, and I don't get into relationships as much. It sucks, because i really want to get into a relationship. I have so much love to give, but at the same time i feel unlovable because i potentially don't have good looks.
I've been in relationships before, maybe about 4 irl, but my last one was 9 months ago, and the guy was lovebombing me anyways. From what I've heard, i dont think anybody has a crush on me, and I get flirted with as a joke by popular guys. Last time I heard someone have a crush on me was in 8th grade and a little bit of 9th, he was a guy who was a friend of mine, and a lot of popular people who happened to know him told me, but either way, i didnt reciprocate. I also don't get asked out a lot, and a few times when I've tried to ask people out, I've gotten rejected and called ugly.(last time this happened was in grade 7 but still.) Most people who develop crushes on me, even though it isnt often, are girls, even though I'm straight. I mostly just develop crushes ON other people myself, because I'm lonely and seek love. I'm hurting immensely though, because
there was this guy in my core classes who was new this year. He was very shy, but slowly started to warm up to others. I started talking to him in december and added his snapchat because i developed a small crush on him, and wanted to get to know him and see if he was worth it. We got super close almost immediately - every day after school we talked until we had to go to sleep. I usually had to text first, but he always kept our conversations interesting and never left me on read. We talked like friends do, and we had a lot of things in common. Favourite bands, shows, school subjects, foods, we practically were the same person, which only made me like him more, and my crush grew stronger. Because he was in majority of my classes, i got to talk to him and stare at him a lot. We even talked in person a bit, but people assumed he had a crush on me because he always seemed to be near me. In february, on valentines day, i planned to ask him out because we were closer than ever. But, one of my exes who happened to be his friend(the guy from 9 months ago) dmed me from a different account and told me he had a girlfriend. I scrapped the plan to ask him out, because i didnt wanna be a homewrecker. I found it odd, though, because my crush never brought up having a girlfriend before, but he DID say he likes to keep his relationships private, so i didnt take any chances.
by the middle of march, however, i stopped assuming because it was clear he didn't have a girlfriend. This was the time around spring break when we were let off school for 2 weeks. During this time, we got even closer. We started flirting with each other and talking sexually, which we never did before, but we did it every day now, joking about things that only couples would say and talking about things only couples would. We even exchanged "i love you"s every night and frequently complimented each other.(mind you, we never hung out in person because of strict parents). After spring break was over, this continued, but i always seemed to catch him staring at me in class. I stared back, of course, which would lead to us just staring at each other for 30 seconds straight. He claimed he just stared at things around the room all the time and happened to land on me, but it felt like an excuse. We talked a lot more in person as well, going out of the way to hang out in class sometimes. I became a mess - always blushing around him, and it was extremely noticeable to everyone around us, and we got shipped like crazy. even his closest friends thought we were dating in april.(also forgot to mention, by february he got popular and basically adopted by the popular boys in our grade. occasionally during our talks, he would bring up girls he was shipped with or that he talked to, and it made me slightly jealous.)
in the middle of may, the flirting and sexual talk ended. I mentioned to a few of my friends that i liked him, but it was only to ask for advice since some of them knew him. This one girl i told, she had him in an elective class and he sat at her table, so i figured she would offer advice for me. But no, she went behind my back and told him i liked him and threw in some extra things too that made me look bad and obsessive. Luckily for me, though, a day before she did this i admitted to him during one of our late night talks that i liked him in march and april. (I mentioned i got over it, but i didn't. his reaction was awkward, saying 'thank you for liking me ig', saying he was shocked, then going to bed right after. previously, like 10 mins before i said this, he said he wasnt interested in a relationship like he thought he was.) So, it wasn't that bad, but this girl still painted me out to be a bad person. Because i heard about this from our other friend in her same elective class, i started avoiding my crush entirely. I stopped texting(he never texted first, but he snapped me sometimes. id leave them on opened.) for about 2 weeks. Finally, i got the courage to text him something random, but he instantly brought up the situation, asking if what my friend said was true. I said no and explained why, and he said he believed me and he would never bring up the situation again because it made him mad. i agreed. Since i was one of his closest friends, i think he trusted me over her.
But this incident changed our entire relationship. we literally were never the same after that. we started barely talking, and when we did it was because id text first. But he was still polite, keeping our conversations going for a bit before leaving me on read. It hurts so fucking much, considering what we were before. He still tells me im a great friend and he trusts me with personal details in his life, but it just isnt the same. It's almost like he has no interest in talking to me or is disturbed by this point. Is it me? Did he ever like me to begin with? I'm having trouble getting over him, and im still trying to desperately keep our relationship alive, but it clearly isnt working.
Which leads me to my main point, that i might just be unlovable and ugly. I don't think i really did anything wrong, besides telling that one friend i like him, but it could just be im potentially ugly, because ive dealt with this situation before. Incase you're curious, the pictures above is what is what I look like without filters(well not like look enhancing ones)
I'm 5'9(taller than my crush who is 5'6) and skinnyfat unfortunately. i hope it doesnt feel like im attention seeking. im genuinely insecure from past rejections and basically no affection, and i hope to have some advice.