Tell roommate about romantic feelings

Dear Abby: I’m a man in my mid-30s. For the past couple of years I’ve been in love with my best friend. She doesn’t know how I feel, and I know she doesn’t feel the same way about me. (She calls me the brother she always wanted.) I try hard to fight these feelings so our friendship can continue. She has been a huge part of my life, so losing her friendship would be devastating.

To make matters more difficult, we are roommates and spend lots of time together. My heart breaks when she goes on dates or talks about guys she may be interested in. Is there any way I can get over these feelings so we can continue this amazing friendship? — Friend Zone in Vermont and need to pass her.

Drivers are expected to observe the speed limits, and someone who drives at a crawl when the speed limit is 65 or 70 is breaking the law and can be ticketed for it. For both your sakes, please share this information with her.

Dear Abby: I was at an estate sale recently and saw a woman scratch the price off an item. I gave her “the death stare,” but was there anything else I should have done? There were no staff around that I could see.

— Unethical in the Midwest

Dear Unethical: Unless the woman was going to shoplift the item, she had to have given her money to someone on the premises. What you should have done was find someone who was staffing the sale and alerted him or her to what you observed.