Recently I've been scared that I'll lose my friend to his new girlfriend and that she'll become such a big priority, even bigger than me.

So I wanted to ask all of the experienced people here on dating advice for your own personal situations, experiences, and thoughts on this.

I feel like every time one of my friends starts dating someone, suddenly I'm not as important anymore. And in my past, when I got into a relationship I became pretty obsessed pretty quickly and probably made my friends feel unappreciated.

I'm super close to my friend in particular. In fact, we both feel like if we ever lived near one another that we would maybe try out dating, but it seems it will never happen now, which does suck since we do (or at least I do) have feelings for each other. I'm just scared that his new girlfriend will grow even closer to him than I have and I'll no longer be the best friend.

I know this stems from my insecurity of losing people and feeling like less than others, but I really am scared and worried and I don't know how to deal with it. My friend tells me that he loves me a lot and always will, but now I'm scared I won't be as loved as the partner.

can anyone help me out here?