I’ve known him for 5 years now, and he does things like books a holiday for us, then i tell him i wont go, he cooks romantic meals, buys me jewellery, perfume and underwear. i tell him not to buy any of this stuff. he would be over my house every day sometimes, he comes over has a couple of drinks and then stays over, in the morning he makes me breakfast and then he’ll just stay until i kick him out.

i’ve told him that i’m not interested like that. he told me that he loved me, and since then he’ll say ‘i love u’ only i dont say it back. i have a man that i’m crazy about. this isn’t the first time this has happened. it’s happened about 10 times with other friends. i get to the point i cant be friends anymore. is that the only thing i can do?