You hurt yourself, you hurt the person you love AND you hurt anyone else you drag into an empty relationship. Rejection sucks, yes, but regrets and the pain they cause for everyone involved suck far worse. Thinking, "I don't want to burden them with my feelings", is a cowards excuse. There is no burden if they don't feel the same, the rejection releases that. Nor is there a burden if they love you back because real love may be work, but it is never a burden. The burden is carried when we hide things, lie and try to be something we are not.
You hurt yourself, you hurt the person you love AND you hurt anyone else you drag into an empty relationship. Rejection sucks, yes, but regrets and the pain they cause for everyone involved suck far worse. Thinking, "I don't want to burden them with my feelings", is a cowards excuse. There is no burden if they don't feel the same, the rejection releases that. Nor is there a burden if they love you back because real love may be work, but it is never a burden. The burden is carried when we hide things, lie and try to be something we are not.