I slept with a close friend. Now what?
I’ve been friends with this girl for about a year and we both go to the same college and study the same degree. She, however, has a boyfriend and I have a girl who I’m in an open relationship with.
Last night we had a ‘quick catch up dinner’. She told me about all her relationship woes with her boy and that they were on a break (although I know she went out with him the night before).
We ended up back at her place after a few drinks. At about midnight I told her I had to leave. She suddenly said - ‘no, why do you have to go?’ and we ended up kissing.
I told her several times that we shouldn’t be doing it, and tried to leave. In retrospect I must admit that even though I said it 4-5 times and tried to break away, I wasn’t firm enough.
She kept pulling me back and making out some more. She ended up telling me she had a crush on me and has for awhile.
We ended up having sex late in the night. Fortunately, I had a 6:15am college training session that I was expected to attend this morning, so I left after. Now it’s 11:16am in the morning here in sydney and I’m wondering what to do.
I cannot pursue a relationship with her since we've always been friends. I am a student who works full-time and I train for my college sport 12-16hrs each week, there is no time to devote into a proper relationship (the current girl I’m seeing is very casual and we’re honest about it with each other). There are many other reasons too, which made last night a mistake on my part.
I still want to friends with her but I’m at a loss for what to do from here. Should I call her? Msg her? Mention what happened?
Any advice or similar experiences and how they panned out would be a great help.