19 people share what it is like to fall in love with your best friend
Rachel Sanoff
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19 people share what it is like to fall in love with your best friend
Love is already one of the most difficult experiences for any human being to navigate — and falling in love with your best friend will either make things waaaaayyy easier or waaaaayyy more difficult. Mutually falling in love with your greatest pal is one of the most perfectly beautiful moments that could ever unfold — especially when that moment turns into a healthy long-term relationship.
But what if your love is unrequited? What if you’ll never even know how your best friend feels because you’re afraid that being honest with your feelings will potentially make the friendship weird? What if you break up and lose the friendship forever? What if you agree to a ~friends with benefits~ situation, but you can’t handle it emotionally?
And what if everything works out seamlessly, a la Pam and Jim? 19 people tell us what it’s really like to fall in love with your best friend.
I realized last night that I'm in love with my best friend. He's been my happily ever after for 10 years and I JUST realized it.
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After 5 years of friendship I just realized I'm in love with my best friend. I really hope it's not too late.
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I think I'm in love with my best friend. But I keep it to myself because I couldn't stand to lose him.
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One of the best feelings I've ever had is when I realized I was in love with my best friend and hearing that he was in love with me too.
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Omg 😳 I just realized I'm in love with my best friend and life isn't like a romantic comedy so it won't turn out great ðŸ˜
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I'm falling for my best friend. He said he had feelings for me awhile ago and I turned him down. Now I feel like I'm too late..
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After a year of being in an abusive relationship I realized I've fallen for my best friend. I think he likes me back. We're both too afraid to say our feelings.
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I just realized I'm in love with my best friend when I felt his hand against my face ...
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I've fallen in love with my best friend. Love songs make sense now. (Cheesy I know but I'm just REALLY happy)
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I'm in love with my best friend and have been for five years. He has no idea he's the reason why all my relationships have failed - no one compares to him.
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I'm in love with my best friend and if I tell her I'm afraid I will lose her
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I fell in love with my best friend, and its the best thing I have ever done.
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I'm in love with my best friend. I can't have him, but i know we would both be happy if we were together.
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I fell in love with my best friend of 10 years. I am terrified of telling her. I don't want to ruin our friendship
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I fell in love with my best friend. Now I don't want to make things weird and lose her but I also don't want to stay "just friends"
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I fell in love with my best friend. Movies lie- He won't love you back.
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I fell for my best friend, and we ruined our relationship as friends because we both fell for each other. And hurt each other.
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I did something stupid. I fell for my best friend. Guess that whole detaching from sex didn't work like it should have.
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I fell in love with my best friend. I thought I was over her. Yesterday she had a date with someone else. I don't feel okay.
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