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The line between friends and lovers
I never had a true (close) friend before, but this year I met someone with whom I really get along well. I feel a strong connection between us and I know around that person I am a bit different but in a good way. I am straight tho, and she even has a boyfriend but sometimes I feel like a want to hug her and be more close to her (protect her and talk to her too), something that never happened before because I'm a cold person. Do you feel like that around a friend of yours, might this be a really strong friendship or...?
I have not. When I’m with my closest friends, we make jokes and we are touchy but the feeling has never gone further than sisters. I do occasionally want to hug them but I like hugs in general. I think maybe you have to ask yourself if what you want to do you would do for a sister. 1 reply
I won't lie, I don't have a definite answer for you, just wanna reassure you and tell you I experienced the same thing in high school. I also met a girl with my same interests and she was also shy and kind of a loner like me. We got along very well after we got to know each other. I'm pretty sure it was because she was my only close friend, but I b...... reply
Hear me out , you might be bisexual.
I am straight and I have had really really deep friendships of decade long . To me this doesn't seem like only friends kinda feeling. I think you like her . How about imagining kissing her ? Do you feel uncomfortable imagining that ? How about imagine her being intimate with her boyfriend, do you feel jealous? Y...... reply
What you have is a really strong friendship. I have a similar friendship except we are both guys and I am asexual so I never considered him as a lover, but I do love him very much and consider him family. At one point we did take a break because his wife got jealous of our close relationship and she feels like a third wheel whenever we all hangout ...... reply
anything is possible. labels are just that---labels. YOU are what decides the label. you get to draw the line. you choose what to make of this relationship.
as someone who has close friendships (like, hugging each other, straddling each other, sharing straws, kissing each other's cheeks, calling each other pet names like love, darling, sweetheart,...... reply
