If I were you, I would do all I could to forget about it. You cannot make her love you. She is in college and is experiencing other people. She may not want to have that steady relationship because she is working on building her life. You never really know. But what I do know is that if she doesn’t have feelings for you that way anymore and you continue to engage in conversation about it she may not even be friends with you anymore. You may end up pushing her away.

You could try and date other people. Perhaps after that you can call her and see how she is doing. Or write her a letter. A friendly letter. Not a love letter. Tell her some things you have been doing and experiencing. She may start thinking about how things used to be. Or she may just continue to be your best friend. You never know. She may change her feelings again after she realizes college isn’t what she thought. But then again college could be more than she ever expected. You don’t know. And working yourself up over it isn’t any good for you.

Take things as they come and accept that she may never be with you in that way again. You will find someone else. Or you may end up together if you keep in touch. But you cannot have a false hope that she will change her mind. If you are willing to accept her as a friends forever that would be great. But you have to be careful that seeing her with other people isn’t going to cause you too much pain. May cause her to run away from you altogether if you react badly to her relationships. Being friends with her may not be the best thing to do unless you can control your feelings for her. If you can accept a friendship and the fact that she will have other relationships, that will make you a better person in the long run. To have respect and love enough for her to let her go and have another life is an honorable thing to do. But to be tortured with the thoughts of her with someone else while you have this burning love is unhealthy.

Move on to other girls. You may find after you date someone else that you too didn’t really experience enough to say that you loved her. You may find that you are better suited for someone else. Going through the meeting people thing isn’t always easy. But it is fun. Try it and see if you still feel the same way about her. Who knows, perhaps after she hears that you are seeing other girls she may be jealous and come back around. Or she may be happy that you too were able to experience different things and people as well.

Good luck. Enjoy being young and suck up all the experiences you can. You are too young to be tied down so early in life. Life will last a lot longer if you use your time wisely.