Definition: Given a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation, generate a suitable title that describes the main event/root cause of the situation. Imagine that the given text is a social media post, and you have to write the title of the post, so the users can decide to read the main text or not.
Input: This girl and I have been hanging out together since the beginning of the school year. She is so fun and beautiful and vibrant, and has the perfect qualities for a girlfriend. She’s modest and a little shy and totally adorable. I loved hanging out with her and she told me how great I was and how much she loved spending time with me. I was on cloud nine. I really felt like we were moving towards a relationship and developing feelings for each other. Every time she texted me and asked me to hang out, my heart would jump. I was so happy.

Then it all came crashing down when I found out she was dating a guy in our dorm. Not only that, but this guy looks JUST like me. Same race, same build, just very similar, which means I wasn’t wrong in her being attracted to me. I was totally shattered that she pursued this guy instead of me. What did he offer her that I didn’t? Why him? Why was she throwing away the wonderful thing we had brewing between us? I was hurt and stopped talking to her for a few days.

After that, I decided that I wasn’t going to let this bother me. I love her and I love our friendship and the time we spend together. I reached back out and we started hanging out again. I can tell her boyfriend doesn’t like me at all and he’s probably insecure about me, but I don’t care because I love our relationship. However, when I confessed all this to another friend, she called me creepy and threatened to tell the first girl about my feelings if I didn’t come clean or stop pursuing her. Am I the asshole for believing that there’s hope?

pursuing a girl with a boyfriend