I'm at a loss. I think the world of my best friend, who is also the most beautiful girl I've ever met. She is so wonderful, yet she always ends up with jerks, and I've tried to help her over countless break ups. I've realised though that over the years, I've fallen in love with her, and as much as I'm always the guy that helps her through everything, I know she doesn't think of me in that way. It's making me jealous and miserable, to the point where I cannot live like this anymore. I feel like an asshole for feeling like this when I should be supporting her over her latest break-up, and I don't want to add to her problems, but I'm feeling so bad.

I guess my question is, do I tell her I'm in love with her? I know she has problems right now, and that she will not return the feelings, but I have no idea how I can take away these feelings of jealousy, guilt and misery. I don't want to lose her as my best friend, but I'm feeling so depressed about it all.

Any advice?

tell her the truth

but don't expect anything from it

I reckon if she has those kind of feelings for you, you'd have known about them by now