Dragonflymagic answered Saturday January 25 2014, 5:30 pm: All healthy relationships that have the best chance of lasting long term have two people who are best friends.
I do not know if the reason you see him right now as just a friend is because the amount of time you've had him as a friend, has become what you are used to. We get comfortable with what we are used to and can sometimes fear any change. Change would include finding oneself attracted in more romantic ways. Right now there's a program running in your friend that says he is just a friend. If you can stand being around him as a friend, it goes to reason he must be pleasant looking enough, have a nice personality and treat you well as a friend.
You may have experienced having romantic fantasies for a guy that you think is really gorgeous but you don't know anything about him. These feelings hit hard and feel so strong.
With someone you've already known quite a while as a friend, these same feelings can occur, but, just not the same way. You don't all of a sudden one day get hit hard with strong romantic desires for your friend. In this case it needs to develop over time if there really is a possibility there.
I have heard from so many girls whose best friend boyfriend is now dating and kissing and holding hands with another girl. Either he doesn't feel that way about her. Or he does and she never picked up on the clues or she rejected any romantic overtures from him. But so many girls find themselves jealous and feeling torn up inside and don't realize its' because they truly h Buta [ Dragonflymagic's advice column | Ask Dragonflymagic A Question ]
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