Can a platonic relationship ever become romantic?

It's definitely possible. I have been friends with a guy for about 2 years. We can talk about anything -- we always keep the communication lines open. I saw him as a romantic possibility mostly because a lot of other girls have liked him in a platonic way, but I could see that he saw me more than a friends way. I think that is what triggered it: knowing that all these other girls think he is such a good, nice guy and that I can have as more than a friend to me. My guy friend has an interesting vulnerability too. You just kind want to take care of him. I don't know. It's like we work well together. We can plan things. We help each other achieve individual goals. It's like team work. There is always that level of support and comfort that you have -- I know he'll be there no matter what. I know he needs me to be there no matter what. Right now, I am just waiting for him to realize that we can be something much more.! I know we have a similar vision of a romantic relationship, but right now, I think truthfully he needs to date a lot in (get hurt a bit_) to realize what he has really got. Good question.

Yes. To tell you the truth I first saw him as more then a friend, but we lived far away and he got a girl friend, so I gave up, met his girl and became really good friends with both of them and every once in a while he asks me questions about what I would do for him and I sadly realize that my feelings for him never really went a way-I just hid them.

Sometimes it works out because a female friend can find a guy friend attractive after they get to know each other. You just start looking at this guy differently, it's kinda hard to explain...you just know that there's a different spark...a more than friends opportunity!

It is possible, I've been there, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't I really depends. When it works it is most likely that in the beginning there was some attraction and for whatever reason you both filed it as I will never be with him/her. Butting it int that both would rather be friends than lose he other person completely. other than that the only thing I could see happening that would change it is a triggering even of sorts that kind of I never knew wow really kind of thing that makes you see that they really care for you and you care for them, because in reality the best partners are also usually the best friends so it isn't a huge leap if it is the right person, but in the end it was there before and you just didn't see it

I think that as women, once a guy is in the "friend" category we usually file him there. I have a bunch of guy friends that are extremely handsome and thoughts have crossed my mind about "what if" we formed a relationship and it started creeping me out. It was just too weird to imagine being "romantic" with any of them. Me and my girl friends always joke that our guy friends are the best of both worlds. We can look at good eye candy and not worry about the relationship aspect.

I've had guy friends that I WISHED and TRIED to feel romantic towards but it's never worked. I wanted it to because I cared about them so much and they are really good guys but unless there is chemistry between us (which you feel right away), there will never be romance.

I wish our brains controlled our "butterflies"...but it doesn't seem to be that way.

I have a friend who is a guy and before both of us married different people we both had affection for each other but at different times and by the time I finally told him how I felt it was too late. He had already had a girlfriend and I was in the midst of getting over my first love.