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Can going from being good friends to more than just friends work? Is it worth damaging a perfectly good friendship to ask the question? Or is it best just to stick to being friends?
I honestly don't know. My last relationship developed from a friendship, but I don't know if that happened because we had only just started to hang out with each other and I didn't know everything about her and she didn't know everything about me. There seems to be that barrier to going further than friends once you know more about each other and it prevents you from becoming 'more than just a good friend'. I've had that experience too, of asking someone out who I had been friends with for a while and she said no because it might ruin our friendship. She did however say that she did once feel more towards me than just being a friend, so again this backs up the theory of there's a certain period of time you have to act.
I don't know if it's possible to work both ways, can you go from best mates to more, regardless of how long you've known each other? Or should a good friendship never be put at risk? What are your experiences?
I honestly don't know. My last relationship developed from a friendship, but I don't know if that happened because we had only just started to hang out with each other and I didn't know everything about her and she didn't know everything about me. There seems to be that barrier to going further than friends once you know more about each other and it prevents you from becoming 'more than just a good friend'. I've had that experience too, of asking someone out who I had been friends with for a while and she said no because it might ruin our friendship. She did however say that she did once feel more towards me than just being a friend, so again this backs up the theory of there's a certain period of time you have to act.
I don't know if it's possible to work both ways, can you go from best mates to more, regardless of how long you've known each other? Or should a good friendship never be put at risk? What are your experiences?
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I've been through this problem 3 times and generally it doesnt work out, but i still go by the idea that if your friendship cant survive a breakup, then it really wasnt worth hanging onto in the first place.
The flipside of that though is you only really need it to work out once. Personally i think it's worth a gamble for that reason.
The flipside of that though is you only really need it to work out once. Personally i think it's worth a gamble for that reason.
I've thought about this a few times myself, actually. I remember a (slightly drunken) conversation when a couple of female friends said that they knew me too well to go out with me, which was frankly quite an odd thing to hear. Can't remember how it came up, really.
I've known of this sort of thing to work for some people, and not for others. Just depends, I guess; problem is, you may be jeopardising a friendship trying to take it up a level (or two!)
I've known of this sort of thing to work for some people, and not for others. Just depends, I guess; problem is, you may be jeopardising a friendship trying to take it up a level (or two!)
Can going from being good friends to more than just friends work? Is it worth damaging a perfectly good friendship to ask the question? Or is it best just to stick to being friends?
I honestly don't know. My last relationship developed from a friendship, but I don't know if that happened because we had only just started to hang out with each other and I didn't know everything about her and she didn't know everything about me. There seems to be that barrier to going further than friends once you know more about each other and it prevents you from becoming 'more than just a good friend'. I've had that experience too, of asking someone out who I had been friends with for a while and she said no because it might ruin our friendship. She did however say that she did once feel more towards me than just being a friend, so again this backs up the theory of there's a certain period of time you have to act.
I don't know if it's possible to work both ways, can you go from best mates to more, regardless of how long you've known each other? Or should a good friendship never be put at risk? What are your experiences?
I honestly don't know. My last relationship developed from a friendship, but I don't know if that happened because we had only just started to hang out with each other and I didn't know everything about her and she didn't know everything about me. There seems to be that barrier to going further than friends once you know more about each other and it prevents you from becoming 'more than just a good friend'. I've had that experience too, of asking someone out who I had been friends with for a while and she said no because it might ruin our friendship. She did however say that she did once feel more towards me than just being a friend, so again this backs up the theory of there's a certain period of time you have to act.
I don't know if it's possible to work both ways, can you go from best mates to more, regardless of how long you've known each other? Or should a good friendship never be put at risk? What are your experiences?
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