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Am I the only one who thinks this has a high chance of being a recipe for disaster waiting to happen? We can pretend to live in a fair fantasy world all we want, but the truth is that most male and female friendships aren't 100% platonic. Usually at least one of the two develops feelings or at least a crush for the other, and I'm sure that most of us have experienced this with the majority of our friendships of the opposite sex. For me, many (NOT all) of my male friends had liked me at some point for example and I even had to end some friendships because they wanted more than I could offer.

So this brings me back to my point, how fair or wise would it be to make new friends of the opposite sex once you're in a committed relationship? It's not even just about trust (even though I do believe in trust but not blind trust) but the fact that no relationship is perfect and during difficult relationship moments it could become easy for some think that the grass is greener on the other side and even if they don't act out on it, cheating isn't always sexual. Keeping friends you already knew is one thing, but making new ones seems kind of sus... I don't know 🤷‍♀️

But I'm open to different opinions, even if I don't share them. How do you see it?

I have a huge crush on a guy at work. We have been talking for a while now and he says good morning to me every single day. There are tonnes of things that he has said/done which make it seem obvious that he is into me. However, I’m not great at reading guys. These two separate interactions stand out to me.

He pretended to trip when he walked towards me. I said, “did you just trip?” And he smiled and said “yeah, I almost fell head over heels into you, I’d have knocked out a tooth”. I then said “please don’t do that” and he said “I will next time”

I asked “are you going to fall into me?” And he smiled and nodded enthusiastically.

In my opinion, his choice of wording seems too oddly specific

Then the other day, I jokingly asked him “why do you hate me so much?” Which was clearly a joke. He paused, looked at the floor and said quietly without smiling “I don’t” and then proceeded to grin and tease me.

Do you think he has feelings for me?