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Input: My really good guy friend was in a relationship and got cheated on and dumped by his girlfriend. I was one of the few people he talked to about it. Two weeks after having discovered his ex was cheating, he found out I had feelings for him, by reading a blog post I'd written about having  a crush on someone and pushing me about who it was about, till he finally asked if it was about him. 

He told me that given the mindset he was in, he couldn't treat me the way I deserved to be treated, but he still cared a lot about me. He told me never to cry because it felt really wrong to me when I cried, and that he admired me and my strength ( owing to having had a tough past). Anyway we stayed friends,  and I even met up with him when I visited his city, and everything felt normal. 

However, he slowly ceased communication and began to get distant. He seemed really depressed and went a day or two without replying to my messages. When I asked him about it, he said he meant to call, because he knew I'd be upset, but he got busy. Then he told me it was okay to hate himself because he hated himself too.

I felt bad, and ended up doing little things to cheer him up, like giving him a handmade card for his birthday, sending him pictures of food he liked etc. Recently he told me there's more to him than food and we could talk about other things as well. I feel thrown. For one, I keep trying to reach out, and now the content of the conversation I'm making is being criticised. How can I make good conversation when I  don't even know if I can expect a  reply?

If he hadn't been a relatively good friend, I'd have walked by now. If he hasn't just been hurt, I'd not have been this patient. However is it's been 4 months now and this dancing on eggshells is exhausting. Am I the asshole for wanting to subject him to an honest conversation about whether we are even friends still, given he may be a bit depressed?

Also, the conversation can take place over text, or in person in another 2-3 weeks when I visit his city, where I'm uncertain we will even meet at this point. 

wanting a clear answer about whether we are still friends, when he seems depressed