I'm in love, living in the past just like in the Great Gatsby. Help?

Question

I think I am in love with one of my best friends since the second grade. I am now a senior in high school and I haven't seen my friend in 4 years. He was one of my neighbors and during the middle of my 5th grade year he moved away. However, he would always visit me. We use to hang out all of the time. Since I was little I knew that I was in love with him, and I was devastated when he moved. One day in the summer of my 7th grade year, he came over and we stayed up just simply talking. Then he moved back around the area during 8th grade and went to my intermediate school. When he was there, he never said hi to me. He acted like we had never been friends. He later moved to another state before 8th grade graduation. Now I'm going to be a senior, and I think I am still in love with him. It's like a Gatsby thing. I'm holding on to something that isn't real. I keep on dreaming that he will come and sweep me of my feet. This is keeping me from truly loving anyone else

Answer 1

i hate to say this but, these things happen in life. you want what you can not have

Answer 2

Quit dreaming, and take action. Contact him either by phone or mail, and let him know how you feel. If he is no longer interested, at least you will have closure, and be able to move on.