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3 Tips You Can Use With Your Friend If Both of You Like The Same Person

3 Tips You Can Use With Your Friend If Both of You Like The Same Person

I can imagine how shocked you will be when you find out that one of your friends actually like your crush as well as you do!

You're going to start overthinking things between you and your friend. It will also be awkward to talk about love interests without feeling the urge of competitiveness between the two of you.

That's a pretty tricky situation to be in but like all problems, there are solutions for this. Here is a list of three things you can do when your friend likes the same person as you do.

1. Realize that it isn't the end of your friendship UNLESS one of you starts to act bad because of it.

3 Tips You Can Use With Your Friend If Both of You Like The Same Person

Everyone is different and everyone can interpret things differently. Liking the same person doesn't mean that a friendship will end because friends will still deal with the issue and take it with a positive light or with a dim, negative light. Act bad and misunderstanding will blossom.

I personally knew two girls in real life who liked the same guy but didn't break up as friends because both of them acted as if they were fangirls of their love interest.

For instance, if you start to avoid your friend's presence and if this behavior ever persists, there will be confrontations to await in the end, and the chances of ending of your friendship will be higher until it will happen eventually.

2. As possible as you can, DO NOT compete with your friend and DO NOT view your crush as the prize.

3 Tips You Can Use With Your Friend If Both of You Like The Same Person

For me (at least), competing over a person is very pathetic, superficial, and (not to mention) a waste of time. You will just lose friends in no time and at very undesirable times.

Nobody wins and nobody loses. Everyone just gets privileges that are meant to be theirs.

3. Discuss about the issue honestly.

3 Tips You Can Use With Your Friend If Both of You Like The Same Person

Be real here or you'll not get the genuine relief you've been anticipating for. Talking about the issue will lessen your incidences of overthinking. Talking it over will probably have some of your questions supplied with answers you've longed hearing for.

Nothing is going to happen if you do not admit the truth and you will be more tempted to speak up when things are already too late.

This is really hard to do but as friends, both of you need to hear both of your sides about:

(1) Personal reasons why both of you like the same person;

(2) Possible plans on asking your crush out; and,

(3) Any reasons why it bothers you very much emotionally.

3 Tips You Can Use With Your Friend If Both of You Like The Same Person
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