If you can't be everything to somebody, reach out and just be friend.

如果你不能成为别人的一切，就伸出手，做朋友。

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At first, everything was perfect: I had so much work that I had to take on an assistant, my best friend at work, Don, just to be able to finish things on time.

起初，一切都很完美：我有太多的工作要做，所以不得不请我在工作上最好的朋友唐作为助手，只是为了能按时完成工作。

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Continue to remind her that you want to date her, you don't just want to be her friend (that is, you don't want to wait in the wings).

要不断地提醒她，你想与她约会并非仅仅是只想做普通朋友(换句话说，你不想做替补品)。

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