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I have 2 friends, A being the girl and B being the guy, and they're dating each other. I can tell they really really like each other and they've been dating for about 7 months now. The thing is though, A is one of my best friends and B is dating her. He's a really, really sweet and smart guy, (Girls, he's the type of guy who would go out and buy tampons and pads for you) but his girlfriend is... I don't know, kind of a handful? She's one of my best friends and I love her, don't get me wrong, but it because she's my best friend I know her bad and extremely bad sides. Enough background though. Sad this is, I think I'm starting to have feelings for B and I really do not need or want them here. I know, what's wrong with me right? I know that I shouldn't like him, but what the heck am I supposed to do? It isn't like i can control who i like or not. I've had these feelings for about 4 months now and recently, I've been contemplating whether or not to tell him. I know he'll rejet me, but the way I see it, if I let him know and he rejects me, I'll probably be able to move on. But I'm also afraid that telling him will effect our relationship and create a rift on between us and I'm afraid that he'll tell his girlfriend and getting her angry is something I don't want to happen. She's the type to go ape shit on who ever is trying to make a move on him, friend or not. Now, i don't want to be a homewreaker, i swear. I just want to get my feelings for her boyfriend off my chest and I want to know if telling him is the right thing to do.

There's this guy I met and I've talked to a number of times in person and there's an awesome connection. And then he adds me online, and soon after I carefully ask him if he wants to grab some food together sometime.

He doesn't say yes or no but replies, "But I'm afraid it'll have to be over the weekend :P"
I reply: "Sure, I'm generally free over the weekend so whenever works for you."

And end of story. No more replies for two weeks. Normally I would have taken that as a gentle rejection but before this, his dad made a point of telling me twice (our dads know each other) that his son repeatedly mentions and compliments me at home. He also emphasized how his son is painfully shy and has never had a gf and doesn't currently have one. So this suggests to me that he's interested but is too shy to make a move. But it's not like he has to start from square one, he just has to simply throw out a time ("I'm free Saturday afternoons") and yet he hasn't...

For those of you who believe in astrology, the guy is a typical Taurus, notoriously passive and slow to move/reply.

So basically my poll and question is, should I just suck it up and push through with a concrete date ("Let's meet on Saturday night") even though an awkward two weeks have passed without any contact... or just forget about this whole thing? I'm just afraid that if he's too nice to say no and I force an unwanted date on him, it'll ruin our friendship as well!

Thank you so much for reading and please let me know what you think!! :)

One of my guy friends and I keep bordering on friends and a "flirtationship" recently, and I think we both feel the same way but are afraid to admit it cause we're both pretty inexperienced with relationships. I want to tell him how I feel because we're close enough that I don't think it would ruin the friendship, but I also don't know how to bring it up.

Lately he's also been "crushing" on another girl, and of course all of our other friends tease him about liking her, since no one else knows how I really feel. I haven't been joining in and teasing him about her because obviously I get jealous.

He sort of was vaguely asking me for advice about it today saying he was afraid of rejection and didn't want to risk the friendship.

Do you think he may have been hinting at us instead? Or is that in my head?

Do I keep giving him advice about the other girl if he asks? I don't want to come across as jealous, but I also don't want to help him get another girl.

Should I still bring up how I feel about him even though there's another girl sort of in the equation? (He said it's still a crush though)