Falling in love with a friend

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I'm starting to fall in love with a friend. What sort of tips could you give me for such a situation?

Be careful-hopefully they feel the same way about you-I had that recently happen to me and it was another aspie-didnt feel the same way about me and told me it wasn't because of an age difference-it was really because of my looks and personality-and this after a year and 3 months of hanging out and doing things together-slept with another person after the first date.

Sounds like a good idea to me. A bit of romance is good for the soul.

Your life situation, dating experience, and hopes for the future will guide your interactions down the road.

It starts really simple though. Good friends, friends with benefits, then an exclusive relationship.

That's the cognitive structure, but we're describing an emotional interaction.

Tell her you like her. Make goo goo eyes. Flirt. Easy transition when you're confident enough to move it along.

It really does depend on the friend, so I'm reluctant to offer any blanket statement; it's one of those case-by-case things in which one course of action works in one situation but not another. Generally though, honesty is the best policy in friendships so I'd say telling the person your true feelings for them is the better plan in the majority of cases. If your friendship is genuine it shouldn't do any lasting damage (unless one or both of you are in relationships with other people, which is a different matter entirely...). I actually experienced this dilemma myself once, so perhaps that's of more help to you.

My closest friend at uni was possibly the only person I could talk to about anything - I've never got along so well with anyone. This was back when I started university, so my social skills were pretty bad. She had to put up with a lot of misunderstandings and showed infinite patience. Like I said, a real friend.

The feelings I had for her kinda crept up gradually and in the end I felt it was the sensible thing to do in telling her. Perhaps *because* we were such good friends the confession went smoothly and she took it well. Oddly, our platonic relationship didn't change: I felt I had nothing to hide any more, and it didn't seem to bother her that I looked at her in a different way to how she looked at me.

Without knowing more details, I'm not sure how I can help. Feel free to ask about my experience though - it doesn't really upset me these days and I'm OK with discussing it (leaving out names, obviously) if it makes the process easier for someone else!

Prepare for the worst and pray for the best. Might as well tell your friend how you feel, though, there's no sense in not bothering to do anything.

I fell in love with my best friend and she didn't feel the same way, it was painful (and not in the good way ) but today we're still best friends just like before, I didn't lose anything and I don't regret telling her at all.

It depends on what kinda "friend" she is. If she's one of those "dump all my problems on you and never let you get a word in edgewise" type people, then I'd say admitting your feelings is a bad idea.

If she's one of those ones who know that there's supposed to be give and take coming from both sides, then I'd say that's a more favorable situation to be in. If she wants to go out with you, great! At the same time, if she doesn't, then at least you still have a good chance at staying friends.

It's possible to approach the topic it gently. If you flirt and she flirts back, keep flirting and build the romance. Talk with her more. Invite her to do things with you, and only you.

Dating is fun.

I'm in your exact position. And the awkwardness and the unsure-ness sucks.
And I wish i had an answer D:

My advice... be upfront about how you're feeling, as best you can. The way I see it, if you're good friends they deserve to know you two may no longer be on the same page.

Be prepared to be shot down, too. It may not happen, but there's a chance.

Whatever you do, do your best not to try to avoid them if you choose (for whatever reason) to ignore your feelings. Made that mistake and it blew up in my face.

I gave her a compliment about her personality. She gave me a hug. <3

Both, really.