Many years ago I was dating a guy for a few years. He was a lovely guy but I struggled to feel wholly attracted to him and several months into the relationship I met his brother, who was very different in looks and personality. I hit it off with the brother as we had loads in common and almost immediately developed a crush on him. The feelings for his brother became really strong and I did everything I could to kill them, but it never went away entirely. I felt awful and really guilty about it but whenever I interacted with the brother, my feelings would reignite. We'd often chat a lot and hang out but obviously nothing ever happened.
I never told my boyfriend at the time and obviously never told his brother. I don't know if either of them suspected something and unsurprisingly, the relationship eventually ended. It's not something I can ever tell anyone in real life so I'm wondering if anyone has ever been in this position? It's popped back into my head recently because it's the plot of a popular TV series and I was inclined to dismiss the whole thing as nonsense that would never happen, but having been in a similar position I guess I can't say that! My only defence is that I was quite young at the time but it might happen at any age, I don't know.