Have you ever loved someone so much that you could not date them because of the fear of losing them?

My vey best friend in the world recently told me that he truly loves me, but he can not be in a relationship with me because he does not want to cost our entire friendship if something were to go wrong. Have you ever loved someone this much? Also, how did you come to terms with that?

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Yep. Same story. But instead of him it was I not wanting to start anything in fear of losing him altogether. In the end he thought I'm just playing with him, and left. Just left. Trying to keep him cost me all my self respect. Looking back it was like I had wrapped my arms around his leg and was being dragged roughly as he tried to walk away. Now I can't even look him in the eye. Wish we at least had something before a breakup.