On the Office

Michael Scott asks, "If the ship was sinking who would you save?"

Jim says, "I would save the client."

Jim walks away, and looks at the camera, and says, "Just for the record, I would save the receptionist."

Backstory: the receptionist is Pam, who is engaged to her boyfriend. Jim is in love with her. Pam and her boyfriend set a date for the marriage that night, and Jim breaks up with his girlfriend. At the end of the episode, Jim goes to Michael and says that they he and Pam had a connection, but now it's all over because she's getting married. Michael says, "BFD, man. Big fucking deal. Engaged isn't married."

My best friend Sarah has had a boyfriend for three years. I've loved her for two years, and have hid feelings from people fairly well (barring two, that I can count, drunken breakdowns). Now I'm trying to get interested in a different girl while maintaining a friendship with Sarah, and every time I try I get the feeling that I'm just not with the right girl. Is the right thing to do to hang around and hope they break up? Or is the right thing to do to tell her my feelings and lose my best friend? I feel like these types of friendships are a once in a lifetime thing; the type where others look over and say , "I wonder if I'll ever be like that."

It's basically dating, without anything physical.  It's fucking frustrating.

That first bit, the bit about The Office- If you substituted my name in for Jim's, it's the same story. THE SAME FUCKING STORY. The only difference is that I doubt mine can turn out happily ever after.