I developed a big crush on my coworker. It’s gotten a lot better, but is still there. From past conversations I can tell she isn’t into me and our long term goals (wanting kids, marriage, religion) don’t match up, so it wouldn’t work in the long term.

We hung out Saturday tossing a football around in a park, but yesterday she implied she doesn’t actually view me as a friend.

This absolutely crushed me for some reason. Even though I know we wouldn’t work out, I I thought she at least thought of me as a friend.

How can I get over wanting her validation? Especially during quarantine it seems really hard to.