He was the same guy who recognised me from the party when we bumped into each other in town one night. For the next six years after, that stranger became my best friend and schoolmate until we got together in While not all friends make great partners, I wish my year-old self knew what to look for in a man. He was the one who was there for my graduation, and when I got my heart first broken.

1. Pro: They’ve already seen you at your worst

The one who wiped my mucus away, and picked me up from parties at 3. He never had a girlfriend, and I occasionally wondered if he was gay. You see, I had a long-term boyfriend and a different opinion of love back then. Only years later did I realise that we can only find good men when we find the good parts of ourselves. Bad boys offer drama and grand romantic gestures which our younger selves often confuse for love. They are exciting to date and are usually trophy boyfriends to parade around so you feel less insecure about yourself.

But, their man-child antics will kill your brain cells. So what if the bad boy is cm tall and gorgeous, but lacks the maturity to handle a fight? What if he treats his mother like shit—an age-old sign of how he might eventually treat you? And even if you choose a good man, you should never forget how to be friends with your partner.

Why you should date your best friend

Because most times, friendships last longer than relationships do. Friends talk about their day, while partners expect to be heard.

First and foremost, good friends should know how much each person values the other. We make the mistake of demanding that many of our relationships be all or nothing romantically. Whether the good person you are in love with ends up marrying you or not, you have had the joy of experiencing real love. Real love is rich, pure and self-sacrificing. To experience that kind of love with anybody is a priceless gift. In the meantime, enjoy the moment, they seldom come.

Still wondering if it is real love? He too is in a relationship that has been on and off for the last couple of years. Sometimes I feel like he has feelings for me, but he is always hung up on his current partner and their troubles. I have know my best friend for over 14 years now and I have like him more than that. I have keys to his house. I sleep over several times a week. All our friends think we are together. He invites me to parties with his colleagues and high school friends.

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He hosts parties for my parents. Now the problem… he is 12 years younger than me. He suffers from a type of depression and fears too much of something good. Or that he is terrified of losing me if we are officially together. He knows everything about me. I am completely happy with him, but I will lose him. But it sounds stupid to leave him just because he one day will leave me. She was a small crush I had in the middle and jr high school years. I helped her out of an old toxic relationship. I feel that deep down I have always had these feelings for her, but I always push them away.

Or try and hide them so that they do not interfere with our friendship.

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No one knows just how badly I want to express my feelings to her and have her smile back with tears forming telling me she feels the same way. I just wish for things to go my way, I just want a chance.

This causes me to second guess my feelings as well, being wary that the love I feel may simply be friendship? Then again I am truly the happiest and most at peace being with her.