I wonder how many startup co-founders with a girlfriend and a co-founder who is supposed to be (one of) his best friend(s) are reading this right now...
Anyway, I don't buy it from you that you "deeply care" about all three of them (startup, friend and her). On a second thought, I don't buy any of this: whoever finds himself in such a situation and asks for advice at HN must be a f* moron. And deserves to be miserable.
I call bullshit on "deeply care" too.
You don't care (let alone deeply care) about your friends life and feelings.
And you definitely don't care about his girlfriend (you DO lust for her, that's the right word)
Whether you made it up or not I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt. I can think of much amusing questions if he wanted to troll.
Anyway, I don't buy it from you that you "deeply care" about all three of them (startup, friend and her). On a second thought, I don't buy any of this: whoever finds himself in such a situation and asks for advice at HN must be a f* moron. And deserves to be miserable.
So I guess you just made it all up.