on the hook

I was watching How I Met Your Mother the other day (great show by the way) and it was all about keeping people "on the hook" or being kept "on the hook". It's the art of being interested in someone an the other person doesn't share the same feelings but either doesn't want to completely shut the door or doesn't have the balls to do it. In any case, the person on the hook usually suffers. So I've recently realized that I'm on the hook. The part that I don't like about it is we would be great together! But alas, when I'm on the hook, there's really no way that the feelings could ever be mutual and since I had a marriage that was the same way, I don't think I'd like to do that again. I can't help but think it's the Karma getting me yet again as I've made mistakes in the past and have probably done a little bit of that myself. Anyways, I'm just quite disappointed with the situation that I've been presented with!