UPDATE: I (28F) told my best friend (30M) that I love him and he doesn't feel the same way...

After not seeing my friend at all for the past three weeks, my mom and I were called to help him pick himself up from a depressing evening. He had got extremely drunk last night and then woke up and threw himself a pity party this morning. We rolled him out of bed, took him out to lunch, and made him shower. <br><br>I then helped him take his car to the car wash then he made dinner while I sat on his bed, and we talked, and talked and talked. I told him that I had come to accept that he doesn't see me as more than a friend. I made it clear that I won't be pulling away at all, I still want to be there for him as his best friend, I will be his confidant, his help, and supporter, but I will also be accepting that I can't be the person that he can come to for physical affection, nor will I ever be the one he can rely on as a partner. He seemed to be really surprised by how calm I am. I told him that I was in so much pain at first, but it got to the point where I felt so bad for him, I was worried he was going to let his life take a turn for the worse. He told me that he was crying nonstop when he was alone, that he doesn't know what he did wrong. I hugged him and said that he didn't do anything wrong, he deserves to be happy with whoever he is happy with. I told him that I hope that he can eventually see that, as he has been crying non stop for three weeks. <br><br>I am so happy that I did that, as I can no longer think about a relationship with him, I can only give my platonic love to him. For the first time in three weeks, he smiled like he used to.