Supporting a guy I like to go out with another girl.

I am in a kinda sad love triangle I feel like.


I’ve been crushing on my guy friend for a little while now, while simultaneously encouraging him to ask my girl friend out.

My guy friend, Andy, has been pretty open about his crush on my girl friend: Penelope to the point where he tried to ask her out on Valentine’s Day. I of course encouraged him to do it.
He talks about her a lot with me, since we’re pretty good friends, and has even mentioned how he would love to marry her one day, even if she’s not into him at all.
We’re very different me and Andy, but still get along very well, but I know that he doesn’t think of me than anything more. He’s even given me the nickname mom multiple times now.
I feel kinda bad for Penelope also during this, since she’s not really interested and thinks of him the same way he thinks of me. I’ve thought about telling him I like him just to get it off my chest, even though he’s not going to accept, and I hope we still just can be friends after that.

I’m really scared it will ruin our friendship if I tell him, since he’s such a great, funny and open guy.