Yes, I'd just like to share my opinion, if you please! :) I'm all for sharing romantic feelings that develop for friends. Yes, there's always that chance that things will be completely ruined friendship-wise (been there, done that), but then again, if you DON'T come clean and continue the friendship with your object of desire, more than likely you'll get closer and closer, and start developing more intense feelings, not to mention intepreting everything as a hint that there's a chance, and then BOOM! Two months later you find out she's dating someone else or that (on rare occasions) you've become TOO close of friends and she can no longer see you that way, and you fall ten times harder. So yes, totally go for it (as you've already stated you would!) and tell her how you feel, preferably over coffee or some other nice neutral setting (as suggested by the previous poster). Worst that can happen is she says no, things get a little awkward, and then a few months later the air should probably be cleared and everything will be at least semi-normal again. Whew, I'm done. Good luck! :)
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branchandroot
My two cents worth...
Date: 2002-02-12 02:28 pm (UTC)I'm all for sharing romantic feelings that develop for friends. Yes, there's always that chance that things will be completely ruined friendship-wise (been there, done that), but then again, if you DON'T come clean and continue the friendship with your object of desire, more than likely you'll get closer and closer, and start developing more intense feelings, not to mention intepreting everything as a hint that there's a chance, and then BOOM! Two months later you find out she's dating someone else or that (on rare occasions) you've become TOO close of friends and she can no longer see you that way, and you fall ten times harder.
So yes, totally go for it (as you've already stated you would!) and tell her how you feel, preferably over coffee or some other nice neutral setting (as suggested by the previous poster). Worst that can happen is she says no, things get a little awkward, and then a few months later the air should probably be cleared and everything will be at least semi-normal again.
Whew, I'm done. Good luck! :)