Shall I just give up?

[SadieClane]

Divorced last year and foolishly slept with someone who I really, really like very soon after splitting. Kept in touch but he made it clear we would stay friends but nothing more - his own situation was not that easy - it is less complicated now. However, we remain good friends and laugh a lot and flirt a lot and I would love more - but it never goes any further. Do I look desperate and should I just keep out of the way? but this would also mean abandoning my friendship group?

Do you flirt with all of your friends in this group ? If you want to keep the friendship group( I'd cool things fr a while or see them in smaller groups) then choose to behave and think about him differently. He has been clear about his expectations, it's time to give it up and move on. Definitely time to make a change

He said friendship so that's what it is don't really know why use are flirting as this has given u wrong impression stick to being friends you don't want to lose all your friends in one go

Similar situation here op! Very confusing. Not helpful advice from me but you are not alone. I can't work out if he is not that into me or not. Good luck, hope things work out for you. X