One of my good friends in high school started hanging out with this guy from the other public high school in our city & before long they were basically joined at the hip. She had a HUGE crush on him and was pretty sure he liked her too, but she’d never had a boyfriend before & was too shy to make the first move. One night they were hanging out & he told her he had something huge to confess...he was gay.

They remained close friends. Then a few months later at a party, the guy introduced all of us to his younger (by one year) brother. The dude and his brother looked similar, had similar personalities and the exact same sense of humor. Fast forward 20 years, and my friend is happily married to the brother, her best friend is her brother in law, and he and his husband are godfathers to her kids.

Sometimes the painful crush on the gay dude pays off.

**Edit**: For those who "feel bad for her husband for being 2nd choice" or think she just substituted him for the guy she really wanted, here is the context you are missing: When she met her now-husband, she was already pretty much over his brother. She became friends with her future hubs, and it wasn't until a year or more later that they started dating, after slowly developing feelings over time. Her crush on his brother was brief and adolescent and she 100% loves her husband for who he is. Yes, the qualities the 2 brothers share in common were part of what made her develop feelings for both of them, *because those are the qualities she finds attractive.* Trust me, folks, there is no victim in this story. Everyone ended up happy and loved.