A couple months ago, I’d begun losing contact with my closest online friends since the friendships were just stagnating. Eventually, I met someone new online and began relying on him almost entirely emotionally since I was going through a rough patch. Eventually, he revealed he had a crush on me, and I told him that I didn’t really reciprocate and that it was fine and we could still be friends. Eventually, he began distancing himself from me saying he didn’t wanna get too attached, and I felt really bad because I felt the one person I trusted the most was drifting a way. So, I placated him for a while and told him that he still had a chance. Eventually, he wanted a clear answer on if we were gonna date and in the spur of the moment I said yes. I hoped that eventually my feelings would change and I would enjoy being in the relationship. Last night, after about a month of dating, I realized my feelings hadn’t changed. I told him that I wanted to break up and told him why. Obviously, he was incredibly upset himself as I was a huge emotional crutch for him and he suddenly felt like our whole friendship was a lie. During the dispute, he mentioned that he had begun to distance himself as a tactic to get me to date him. I argued that I was trapped because of his actions but he said if I’d just said no I could’ve spared him the heartbreak. On one hand, I led him on for a month making him think our romantic relationship was genuine when I just wanted platonic one, but on the other hand I was manipulated into a spot where I felt I had no choice but to say yes or lose my best friend. AITA?