>How did you keep things separate in your head? I don’t think I could have sex with a friend unless I desired them romantically Both the main ones were initially short romantic relationships. But if it doesn't deepen, if you don't fall in love, then there may be not a lot there, or there may be friendship, repect, and a desire to fuck if that side of things was good. Or you haven't had any for a while. I guess you can be close with someone while knowing you aren't going to be 'the one' for them, nor they for you, and that you aren't going to be together. And, I have friends who I wouldn't have sex with, so it's not just an imbalance in me in that department.
It sounds like you've gotten pretty close to your friend. Might be best just to respect their boundary and forget the idea of something else between you, stay friends.
Dylan Jones
>Might be best just to respect their boundary and forget the idea of something else between you, stay friends That I know. They made it clear that they aren’t interested. It just made me think, though. The way we get along is essentially what I think I want in a relationship. I don’t have anything to compare it to, though, and I don’t know how to build that sort of closeness on purpose. It just sort of happened, and one day, I realized that I would like to spend the rest of my life with them.
Jack Martin
Well, cliches are usually cliches for a reason, and 'plenty more fish in the sea' is one of the best.
David Edwards
Hahaha I've never found anyone who managed to explain this to me
Ethan Gonzalez
“She” has a wiener. Wanting to hookup with someone that has a wiener does not classify you as straight.
Brandon Kelly
Let’s say you were hanging out with your closest friend when, in a flash of light, a portal appeared and sucked them in. Seconds later, a figure tumbled out and the portal vanishes. You turn them over to find a strangely familiar looking woman. A brief conversation later, and you realize that you’ve encountered the alternate universe, gender flipped version of your friend. Their personality, indeed, even their memories are almost exactly the same, except now they are a good looking woman. Would it be gay to find yourself attracted to them?
I’m not interested in dealing with dong. I’m simply saying that while my feelings surprised me, it isn’t that surprising in retrospect. I don’t think I would have even considered dating a trans woman before, and now there’s this one I really like.
John Parker
Aargh you've got me thinking about all my friends. Mostly 'no'.
Brayden Wright
Any really good friend that you can discuss pretty much anything with, including hard to discuss topics? Financial difficulties, parents’ declining health, concerns about excess alcohol consumption, a mutual friend’s (that’s younger than both of us) terminal illness, etc. Then later go back to silly shit, like how Batman could pretty much solve all of the problems in the Sailor Moon universe within a season, even with filler episodes, or how the live action version of Tonari no Seki-kun should never have existed. Someone you can play video games with before helping them with a chain and sprocket replacement on their motorcycle before getting a steak and complaining about the weather. Someone that will try to explain the minutiae of Persona 7 to you but you don’t really understand because you didn’t play any of the other ones, and it doesn’t really matter because you’re both busy replacing 30 year old wiring that had to be done by some drunk shithead that couldn’t find his ass with both hands. Someone you’ve known for damn near 15 years including a 2 year stint when you were room mates, except imagine you find them really attractive now. It’s like that.
Connor Russell
>how the live action version of [insert favorite anime/comic] should never have existed. That would be pretty much a prerequisite for any future relationship of mine.
I've been in very different relationships that I would describe as romantic. I'm not sure you need to be friends with the person you're fucking for it to be "romantic". It just needs to be more than fucking I think.
