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💌 From: Heart Full of Secrets
Topic: Unspoken Love and Silent Pain
Dear Luna
I’ve been secretly in love with my best friend for the last three years. He’s kind, thoughtful, and everything I imagined in a partner, but we’ve never crossed that line. Recently, he started dating someone else, and it’s breaking me inside. I don’t want to ruin our friendship, but I also don’t know how to keep pretending I’m okay. What should I do?
Heart Full of Secrets
🌙 Luna Responds
Dear Heart Full of Secrets
Oh my tenderhearted friend, first I want to honour the quiet ache in your words. Loving someone deeply while staying silent is a special kind of bravery and it’s okay to feel heartbroken right now.
Sometimes the hardest part of love isn’t the loss, it’s the what ifs. The possibilities we carry like lanterns in the dark, hoping they might one day light the path we long for. And when those paths don’t open, we’re left mourning something that never got to begin.
You don’t need to pretend to be okay. Your feelings are valid and they deserve space to breathe. It might help to take a gentle step back, not to punish yourself but to protect your healing heart. Distance can bring clarity. Clarity brings peace.
As for your friendship, it’s still there. It might look different for a while but true bonds can survive growing pains. In time, you’ll either find a way to reshape the connection or create space for something or someone new.
You deserve a love that sees you fully and chooses you boldly. Don’t dim your light while waiting in someone else’s shadow.
With love
Luna
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