<human>: For the past 4 or so years I've built a relationship with honestly my favorite person in the world. We started getting acquainted our junior year of high school. Eventually it got to the point where I would go over to her house nearly every day after school to do homework and watch youtube. Out of that blossomed an intamacy that goes beyond just friends, but stops just short of lovers. She broke up with her then boyfriend over the summer between senior and junior year, but got with another guy that same summer. Not only did it seem like a rebound from her previous boyfriend, but he also lived 100 miles away in another town. My dumb and inexperienced self was convinced that it was a rebound fling and it would end as quickly as it started. It did not. 3 years later they are still together and live together over the summer. I continued to pursue a potential relationship with her and kept the intamacy. She knows about my feelings, and has confirmed that if she wasn't already attached, I'd be the best candidate for a partner. Our bond is strong, and it's that friendship and bond that keep me from cutting her out of my life entirely. We've had so many experiences, both bad and good, terrifying and joyous, together. Despite being apart for a year and a half now, I still find myself thinking about her constantly and when she visits she's all I can focus on. Likewise as best friends I'm her preferred shoulder to cry on and she confides in me when she's having issues or wants advice. Our friendship is worth so much, and I can't bring myself to end it. All of the advice I read about getting over a girl says to stop being around them and try to cut them out of your life, but she isn't just some pretty face that I dream about. She's my best friend, and I know her more deeply than most can claim. Cutting her off would crush my world, no make it better. I need help to stop looking at her as the woman I want to be with but never can. Even dating other women didn't help, as I found myself constantly comparing them to her

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<bot>: I'm in love with a friend that means too much to me just to let go of. How can I stop fantasizing about her as more than a friend but still keep our friendship strong?