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What would YOU do in this situation?

Quick hypothetical for everyone.

What would you do if you fell in love with your best friend, but you suspected they didn’t have the same feelings for you? (I dont care if your best friend is a guy/girl or happens to be ugly as sin, this is a hypothetical)

Would you risk everything and just put yourself out there? The result of success would be immeasurable happiness. The result of failure a crushing defeat.

Or would you keep it secret and hold onto your feelings forever?

What would YOU do?

~Your friendly neighborhood nightowl~

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sportschic offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (2 minutes after post)

tough question
idk i think id go for it

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Cell offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 54 #
Winnipeg, MB, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (4 minutes after post)

I would get go for it. True love is better than just friendship.

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THE INTERNET offline Verified User (1 year, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (4 minutes after post)

would hide it for ever. i am also not only hating the idea of ruining friendships, but also shy

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xLOCKEx offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (4 minutes after post)

you will regret it if you don’t. the worst you can hear is know, or quite simply I just don’t like you like that. You can live with that and you can still be friends, but can you live with regret? Because always wondering about what could have been would suck and you can’t change that

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Anonymous #
1 year, 1 month ago (11 minutes after post)

forever? why not just try and attract them slowly?

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xLOCKEx offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (13 minutes after post)

don’t listen, u can stay friends or not, but can u live with regrets if u haven’t tried then they find someone else and move on anyway? I couldn’t in that situation

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sportschic offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (15 minutes after post)

i wouldnt wanna make the first move
id try to find out from people if he kinda likes me and flirt with him
i couldnt live with the regret or not being to know what couldve been

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (16 minutes after post)

Anonymous wrote:
forever? why not just try and attract them slowly?

Well, hide it until they made a move.

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Cell offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 54 #
Winnipeg, MB, CA | 1 year, 1 month ago (18 minutes after post)

What a waste! You only get one life to live. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

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MF_Dancer offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (19 minutes after post)

i would tell them that you have a thing for them.
just a small one.
even tho it might be love.
and that I could find out if they liked me or if they didnt without making things akward bewtween the whole friendship thing.
then i’d move on if it wasnt tru, because it is a bestfriend and its sad to lose one of those.

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{[The rocker]} offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (30 minutes after post)

well my best friend is a guy and so am i therefor i would never love him like that. i love him as a brother.

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XXashXX offline Verified User (1 year, 12 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (1 hour, 2 minutes after post)

I would go for it. As a matter of fact I went for it last month. Im a girl and my bestfriend is a girl she knows Im bi and she is to. I told her that I was in love with her and she was actually cool with it. We talked it out and really since we are bestfriends we figured out that it woulkd be way to weird to take things to a different level. So I would go for it, You never know what will happen.

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Richard Cor de Lyon offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 20 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (2 hours, 9 minutes after post)

If you love someone soooo much, they already know it; especially if you are good friends already. So, you might as well bring it out into the open. You might be surprised… it might not true love ignited (not yet anyway), but it doesn’t have to be that defeat you were talking about either.
Bright blessings ~ Richard

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Dan TL offline Verified User (2 years, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
La Mirada, CA, US | 1 year, 1 month ago (2 hours, 20 minutes after post)

I was in that boat, a long saga it was so I told her, but she is such a good friend that she told me “i want you around me for a long time” we worked it out and were still the best of friends.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (3 hours, 24 minutes after post)

you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

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chev.jame offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 1 month ago (4 hours, 2 minutes after post)

Above is a gem of logic!

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sincer offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 week after post)

You only have one life to live. You should live these days as if is your last.Always speak your mind even if it doesnt work out the way you want it to even if so remain friends. God bless

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ironicironi offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 week after post)

He told me that he loved me.
And I just said I loved him back and added “friend”.
I felt childish but I don’t want him to be a lover.
We’re still friends. And I still love him a lot.

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sincer offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 week after post)

It always good to go out and meet new people.Just be very carefull its some crazy people out here put faith in yourself be very assertive. Dont be to shy but lay low the problem you have with repeating yourself is that you are not comfortable.Take a mellow drink and relax.

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (3 weeks, 3 days after post)

I did it, and you know what? My world didnt end in a fiery explosion of embarrassment and a destroyed friendship. Nothing really changed at all! In fact, ever since then they’ve been dropping hints and have been a lot more…..I guess close would be the right word.

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Nightowl offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (3 weeks, 3 days after post)

so yay for me! I might have a shot!

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sincer offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 weeks, 5 days after post)

I was in the same situation before and I had fun but also regret it at the same time before we would talk all the time now we dont talk at all.Things are different when you become intamit. Its best to keep the friendship.

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SIMPLY ME offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 weeks after post)

hide it as long as you can

and simply be happy with

knowing that he/she is

your friend

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