I really like a guy friend of mine. I have told him this but he has told me he is not interested and just thinks of us as friends. It is now hard for me to be around him because I really like him as more then a friend and it makes me really depressed that he doesn't. I am not sure why he doesn't feel the same I guess it could be the large age difference (25 years, he is older then me). I know most people would think its weird because of the age difference but I really care for him. We are really good friends. We have dinner and hang out together at least once a week. I really want to ask him why but someone who knows both of us says not to because that would put him on the spot. I guess I'm just trying to work through this.

Its been a week and I just obsess over him and what it could be. Ugh, I wish I could just get over this. I really want to stay friends and be able to hang out but it makes me really depressed; I don't know if I'm just torturing myself by still being around him. I just feel stuck between a rock and a hard place because I don't want to not have him in my life but I also don't want to be tortured.

Any advice?