Lonely hearts beware - the internet can be a cruel, cruel place. So, what we're getting from this is that if you are feeling delicate, Reddit is not the place for you. One lovelorn lady knows this all too well, as she took to Reddit to share a dating dilemma in the hopes of receiving some sound advice. What she got, however, was some home truths, and people did NOT mince their words. The 23-year-old explained how she had feelings for her best friend, Paul, and had sex with him, but was questioning his feelings since. She wrote:

"Paul and I have been best friends for years. Throughout our friendship, we've flirted, but he's always been in serious relationships with someone else. I've been his shoulder to cry on throughout it all.

"Our friendship has always been strictly platonic with moments of slip-ups."

She explained how he had a habit of getting into dysfunctional relationships and that she was always "his support system."

She continued: "We had history of cuddling and holding hands, but nothing progressed beyond that.

"One night, he came over to watch a movie and he looked me in the eyes. He leaned in to kiss me when he stopped and basically ran out of my house saying 'I can't do this. It will ruin everything between us.'

"He didn't speak to me for a week and got back with his girlfriend thereafter. I told him in person I couldn't do it anymore and I felt used. He responded 'Okay' and went on his marry way. [sic] He didn't even care and I was crushed."

However, after the breakdown of yet another dysfunctional relationship, the pair finally slept with each other.

She said:

"We ended up getting drunk with some of our friends and he came to spend the night at my place.

"When we got into the bed, he grabbed me and we started making out. He told me he had always had feelings for me and he likes me (...) Well, he kept pushing sex and we ended up sleeping together. When I went to fall asleep, he grabbed me and said out of all things, he would miss me in his arms."

However, the next day he acted as if nothing had happened.

"He called me the next day and acted like nothing happened. He said he was just drunk and horny, but now that the sexual tension was out of the way, we could go back to being just friends. He said he doesn't remember most of the night."

"The cats out of the bag. It's going to be very hard to see him just as a friend now that we know there's this between us."

Responders were not gentle.

One commenter wrote:

"You're his safety girl. He's going to keep doing this until he's 35 and then he might settle for you. Please don't do this."

Another said: "You were a booty call. Sorry, but his friendship with you isn't as strong as you think, nor is his attraction."

Damaged Damsel said: "It's more like he strings you along so that you will always be there when he is single. Move on."

Another wrote: "HE IS MIND******** YOU. He is NOT your friend. He is using you to gratify he is ego."

Yikes.