You can just be in love with someone and just be nice and feel bad that the feelings aren't mutual. That's not feeling entitled. It's just hard for someone if you keep being nice to them. I just cut it off. Think that's nicer.
That is what my husband experienced with the former female friend of his whom I mentioned several times on this site. I remember your commenting on some of my posts regarding her.
At that time his feeling was that she needed a friend, and he wanted to be her friend. He was not romantically interested in her. However, he accepted several of her invites to spend time alone with her at her place. In his mind the two of them were just friends. She felt differently. The outcome of this situation made me realize that if you are not romantically interested in your opposite sex friend, then do not spend too much time alone with them. Spend time alone with them in groups instead. The time he asked her to help him clean his apartment so he could pass inspection he should have asked other people he knew to help as well. I say this because she had already left her bra on his bathroom floor. He told her when she got to his place that he has a girlfriend,
*me*. Her reply was "that is OK, whatever. I do not care." But then again she left her bra on his bathroom floor.
What I am having trouble with is this...
As Christians, we should show Christ like love to everyone, including our opposite sex friends. But how should we communicate with someone of the opposite sex who seems to want more according to their actions? I say this because there are Christians who do not want to upset anyone or hurt anyone's feelings. My husband was like this regarding his former female friend.