Do you think Cordelia loved Xander before "Lovers Walk"?

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Yeah, if we judge by the overt reactions the characters can sometimes seem extremely callous and it's very easy for them to move on - like everybody on AtS after Cordelia's death or Dawn who after being very close to Tara in S6 never even mentioned her, let alone mourned her in S7. Heck, even Spike, the drama queen, managed to move on relatively quickly after Drusilla dumped his sorry ass. 😛

Devastated is not the word I would use, but Cordelia's hostility to (oddly enough) Buffy, whom she blamed for "making Xander seem cool", and to "shy girl act" Willow continued pretty much to the end end of S3. I don't think she would make such a big deal if she didn't care much for Xander. It's not like say Willow missing Oz took many more episodes than Cordelia being angry at Xander.

Seriously. She practically stalked him in The Zeppo. Why would she taunt him if she still didn't still feel some pain? I think when he pays for her prom dress they have some sort of closure. To answer the question, no, I don't believe that she was in love with Xander. I agree that if he hadn't cheated on her, maybe she would have fallen in love with him. I don't believe that he was in love with her either, their relationship needed more time to develop (truthfully, I don't think they would have lasted after high school anyway).