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Crushing on a guy is hard enough as it is. Being in love with your best friend? That’s even harder. You know what I’m talking about: you’ve been friends with this dude since you guys were kids and you never saw him as anything more than a buddy… until you realized he’s actually gorgeous and you’re in love with him.
Being in love with your best friend gets super complicated because while you desperately want to take things to the next level in your relationship, you also don’t want to lose that person as a friend. And, as everyone knows, romantic relationships always have the potential to ruin friendships. So what is being in love with your BFF really like? I’ve explained it in GIFs… and I’m sure a lot of you will be able to relate:
Your BFF was always just your goofy BFF.
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Until suddenly… you realize you might have a crush on him.
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Scratch that. You’re in LOVE.
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You keep it to yourself for a while.
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Until you HAVE to tell someone.
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Ugh. You’re so confused.
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Should you tell him? Will it ruin your friendship?
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You guys DO flirt all the time.
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Wait, but is it real flirting or is he just playing around?
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One day you try to tell him, but for whatever reason… you fail.
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You can’t tell him.
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When he flirts with other girls, it’s like…
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When a girl friend of yours tells you she has a crush on him, you’re like…
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When someone tells you guys you would make a cute couple, you try to play it off like…
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But on the inside, you’re all like…
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Sometimes you think he might like you back.
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And other times you know he only sees you as a friend.
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Basically you’re just confused all the time.
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Like, really, really confused.
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HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Have you ever been in love with your best friend? Can you relate to this? Which of these GIFs is your favorite? What did I miss? Tell me in the comments!
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bambi and tinkerbell are my favourites there so true!
Nailed it. It is exactly like that!!!
I was about to say, “OMG I totally know what this is like!” but then I was like “oh, they’re talking about guys.”
Totally true, lately I feel like I will be in love with him forever, just can’t seem to get him out of my head :c, for me it was like in the first coment, the only thing is that I’m not over him, I tried I swear, even the girls that don’t even know me that well (or him) tell me that we feel something for eachother, they can tell, I hate that because it gives me hope, then I kind of swallow my own feelings and try to move on
I had a crush on my friend–he was one of the first people I could ever really pal around with and he was always bubbly! But I knew he wouldn’t go for me, I didn’t even entertain the thought he would. He moved away and I try to just be thankful for the experience.
I can definitely relate to this. I haven’t tried to tell him yet or anything but I’m so scared of making things really awkward between us. It’s worse than liking some random guy because I see him all the time and there is no way I could avoid him if something goes horribly wrong.
I fell in love with my best friend and bebieve me it was crazy.. But it was even more crazier when i decided to confess my love for him ! Then he told me that he didn’t really like me that way.. :/ ouch !
We stopped talking for a while, then it was okay, luckily, we became friends again because we didn’t want to lose each other..
We are best friends again
Oh my god, this describes my life perfectly. xD
OMG me right now!
I was in love with my best friend for YEARS. He knew it and didn’t feel the same way. It was really awful, but also really great–because we really did have a great friendship. I knew he didn’t feel the same way, so we didn’t talk about it much. He was really respectful about it, actually, and I tried to be respectful that he didn’t feel that way about me. It was hardest when he would date other people. I never liked his girlfriends, but I tried to keep that to myself as much as possible unless they were actually treating him poorly, in which case I’d point that out, but I didn’t have to because he’s smart enough to know when he’s being used. Eventually I got over it, and we’re still best friends. I’m actually really glad we never dated because we really aren’t compatible that way, so the relationship would have ended and it probably would have killed the friendship. This way we get to stay besties forever.