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When you want a relationship but you are 'just friends'

Lately it seems that the only advice folks need is based on relationships or lack thereof. However, it is this type of advice that I cannot offer. When it comes to a relationship, a general sorce of advice is never recommended due to the fact that each relationship is different, thus each way to go about handling it is also different. To ask my advice, would be to assume that every relationship is the same thus the conclusion of each question will resemble those asked beforehand.

If I was to even attempt to give advice, pretending that I knew perscisly what you are talking about, then it would be as if I myself somehow possessed the key to all relationship, all situations worldwide. This, I assure you, is far from the truth. How can one give advice on something they know so little about?

I do, however, know that I can give examples of what I would do/have done in the same sort of situation. This is all I have to offer those friends whom are looking for the cheatsheet to love and life.

These days more and more people are finding it difficult to express how they are feeling for someone in fear of being rejected. Fear of something changing. But if all decisions were based on this same fear, we wouldn't exactly classify this as living. The best results come from the risk of at least trying.

Say, for example, that you happen to have this close friend that you enjoy spending your time with. However, you're beginning to suspect that you like them in any which way that results in more then friendship. Perhaps you've got a 'crush' on them. Perhaps you feel you love them. What do you do? Do you keep it a secret, for fear that if your friend finds out they will reject you. That your friendship with this person will never be the same? Or, on the other hand, do you confess to them that your feelings have grown far beyond that of a normal friend and friend would be?

I think, personally, that if a friendship was that important, that sacard, that the confession of more developed feelings could never damage the relationship already set forth. If you really do like someone, friend or not, nothing can ever come of it unless you yourself at least tempt to make the effort of letting your feelings become known.

If it is meant to be, it'll be. Famous words that hold sacard meaning beyong even the worlds smartest human beings grasp. We cannot force someone to feel as we do, but we in turn cannot pretend not to feel this way either. Love is and always will be


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