There’s definitely a thin line between being just great friends and being romantically linked. When you’re so in sync with another person, the desire to blur that thin line out bubbles up inside of you until it reaches a point where you can no longer contain it. This happens to a lot of us; we either act on what we feel or we simply ignore it, deliberately. What should you do in situations like this?
Advice on Confessing Your Affection to a Friend
To go straight to the point, what you’re going to do next is really up to you. If you stay friends, nothing changes. Everything will be as it is except how you feel inside. You can confess your romantic feelings, but there’s always that risk of the other person not being willing to move forward romantically. This is such a dilemma, but here are pieces of advice that could help you decide what to do:
1. Are you really in love?
We’ve probably all gone through moments where we think we like a person. It turns out; it was just an infatuation that faded after two weeks. Before making your decision, you have to make sure that what you’re feeling is more than an infatuation.
2. The Right Time, The Right Circumstance
Another thing that you should think about before deciding is whether it is the right time and if the circumstances are right or not. If you really want the relationship to last, you have to be ready for it; you have to be at a certain level of your maturity. You also need to assess if the circumstances allow for a possible relationship to develop. For example, it is a bad idea to decide to tell your friend that you have fallen for him or her when he or she is in a relationship.
3. How to Say that You Want to be MORE than Friends
If you’ve already considered the first two, you can move on to #3 which is telling your friend that you have affection for him or her. Don’t just blurt it out, first of all, because that would be awkward. Do it at the right place at the right time. Slowly build up to what you want to say but remember NOT to use the word “love” since it is too strong for the moment. Start with “like” and see what your friend’s response is.
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