I can't really describe our relationship. We're friends but we're more than friends. We're not dating though. I guess we're somewhere in between and we've been this way for a while. He is really confusing and I cannot figure him out. Recently I've been describing his behavior to a friend of mine who happens to be a psychologist and she said I'm a source of comfort to him.
Today he texted me because he was upset about something and I couldn't respond right away so he texted me again about 3 minutes later. He was upset about something for college. I texted him to try to make him feel better but I'm not sure if it worked. He was still upset about it all day and I realized he was coming to me for comfort again and I wasn't really being comforting. I sent him another message and I was trying to be comforting but I don't know if I was. I feel really bad about it. I just recently learned that he was doing things like this for comfort and it makes me feel really special that he comes to me when he has other friends. I'm afraid if I don't figure out what to do he'll start turning to someone else.
How should I handle situations like this so that I can be there for him but keep it from getting weird since we're just friends? We're in our 20's. I really do want to make him feel better but I'm not sure how to handle this because I'm not sure what our relationship is and I don't know how to act. He just recently started doing this.
Today he texted me because he was upset about something and I couldn't respond right away so he texted me again about 3 minutes later. He was upset about something for college. I texted him to try to make him feel better but I'm not sure if it worked. He was still upset about it all day and I realized he was coming to me for comfort again and I wasn't really being comforting. I sent him another message and I was trying to be comforting but I don't know if I was. I feel really bad about it. I just recently learned that he was doing things like this for comfort and it makes me feel really special that he comes to me when he has other friends. I'm afraid if I don't figure out what to do he'll start turning to someone else.
How should I handle situations like this so that I can be there for him but keep it from getting weird since we're just friends? We're in our 20's. I really do want to make him feel better but I'm not sure how to handle this because I'm not sure what our relationship is and I don't know how to act. He just recently started doing this.