Me and my gay best friend

Hey guys,

Before my best friend came out as bi, and still after before he came out as gay, I really liked him. I told him I was over him (I wasn't and I'm still not) and now we're such good friends we can practcally reaad each other's minds.

When I went home from university at the weekend, he hinted that although he's gay one of the reasons is that he thinks it's easier than being bi or whatever and he's happy just sticking to guys. Either way, I'd accepted that I was never gonna be with him and that was fine, but you can't help but wish right?

Anyway, I got back to University yesterday and he sent me a text saying he doesn't think he's gay because sometimes he thinks about girls in the same way as guys. I asked him if he wanted to talk about it, but he said that he thinks he loves me, but he's not sure how he should feel about that.

I know that you can be bi when you think you're gay and all sorts of changes and I told him that but he thinks he's lied to everyone. I'm bi myself, so I don't quite know what it's like for him to have been so sure he was gay and then to be bi instead when he's already done that so to speak.

The relationship stuff I'm gonna have to try and deal with myself but if you have any words of advice or helpfulness that I can pass on to him, I'd really appreciate it cos I really care about him and I don't want him to be upset. I've told him that he's only young (he just turned 17) and he's allowed to be confused and everything but he still feels really bad as though he's lied to everyone.

Thanks