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I've made the mistake of falling in love with a friend of mine. She already has a boyfriend but he's been very cruel and selfish towards her, and she's fully aware of this. I told her about my feelings and she says she loves me a lot but still loves her boyfriend more, despite the fact that he's lied about his entire life and by his own admission won't try to improve. She says that if things don't work out with him I might get a chance, but despite everything it looks like she's hell-bent on being with him, even if it means giving up her future. I've accepted at this point that I won't be getting my chance but I still have to deal with the sadness and jealousy that arises from seeing her throw herself into harm by remaining so devoted to him, and at times seemingly even conforming to his image. I worry that the only way our friendship will survive is me abandoning my feelings but I can't do that by choice. And when I expressed my concern to her, she said she doesn't want me to abandon them, even though it seems clear to me that she has no intentions of leaving her current boyfriend behind. So I just have to deal with the sadness and the jealousy for God knows how long, because my friend whom I have fallen in love with is too obsessed with the "bad boy" archtype, of which I am not a member.
