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I like my sister's boyfriend's best friend.
hey Alison,

i have major crisis. i dont how to approach this guy that ive known for a little while now. he is my sister's boyfriend's bestfriend. he is so cute!

but everytime i see him with my sister's boyfriend, he does not even look at me. i just get really down because i really like him. i dont think he knows it because i dont have the courage to get close to him or anything.

i have not even said hi to him. i try to get eye contact with him but he just does not at all looking towards me. its like if im not even their. i really need some advice.

thank you for listening.
please answer back when you get this! thank you.

It really is frustrating to like someone who acts as if you don't exist. But you seem to have some of the answers yourself - if you haven't tried talking to this guy or spending time with you, why would he know you were around?

After all, he is there to spend time with his best friend, and that's distracting him.

I wonder how old you all are - if you are much younger than him, that could be another reason he might not be paying much attention. And even if you are close in age, older sisters can have a tendancy to act as if their younger sisters were just children - and this can rub off on their friends.

Are you close to your sister? If so, maybe you would feel comfortable asking her opinion about this. If you aren't that close but still get along, maybe you could ask to go along the next time she goes out with her boyfriend and his friend?

If you aren't close at all, then you will need to build up your courage and approach this guy. It doesn't need to be huge. Just say hello a few times. Maybe build up to asking how he's doing. Start out slow, build up to actual conversations, and see what happens.

Best of luck.

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Posted on 2006-03-20 at 9:26 a.m.