blueyedtigerOPSaint Pauls, North Carolina USA24 posts
I need some impartial advice. I love my best friend. And YES she's a girl. We spend lots of time together and are like peas and carrots. I've somehow managed to keep myself from going head over heels for her because......she's married. He works a strange job where she may not see him for a month at the time. She rarely mentions him, but when she does it's a complaint. There's never been any form of inappropriate dialogue or action between us. We're just real good friends. Basically I'm asking, should I tell her how I feel or bite my tongue?
mbcaseyNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA16,449 posts
She is married and as long as she is married, you should respect that. If she is interested in you romantically, she will let you know. But for now, you should bite your tongue and try to move on. It is a difficult thing for you to do, and the best of luck to you.
if there was a common interest along those lines you and her would have already detected it.
it's not nice jumping in to someone elses garden even if it is your neighbors who you see daily. in fact its wrong.. on so many levels.
she hardly memtions her relationships outside of the wrokplace to you... you may just be infatuated,
As for honesty... if you can continue being a co-worker after you reveal your hearts feelings, should be more concerned of losing good coworkers and good job. they are hard to come by. from what little you have said...
CYA... if you tell her. and personnaly don't think you and her are even close to being on same page with the interest aspect.
I think that if it's your best friend, she already guessed your thoughts...or supposes them... Honesty would be a good way, a best friend is able to hear and understand it. Don't let this feeling takes a place more and more heavy between her and you.
Play out a hypothetical: You tell her how you feel. She reciprocates. The two of you get in a serious relationship. She changes jobs. Her new best friend is a guy at work. Do you trust a relationship with her then?
Jumping in the middle of anyone's marriage is TROUBLE...Not only for you BUT for her!!!!!! If she is indeed in a bad marriage it is her that needs to do something about it...either end it or repair it!!!! The last thing she needs is a distraction from what it is she needs to deal with and that is her marriage!!!!!
I realize you are her best friend but don't give her anymore to be confused about and to have to deal with!!!!! Be there for her if she needs you as a friend and don't let her know how you feel unless/until she has dealt with the issues in her marriage and decides to leave!!!!!! By telling her how you feel, you just might lose your best friend if she doesnt feel the same and also if you get involved before her marriage is over and she decides to stay with her husband...........you will still lose her!!!!!!
Be her friend for now and if you can't JUST do that then you should distance yourself from the friendship until you can!!!!!!
highplainsHighland Springs, Virginia USA4,288 posts
Interesting dilemma you've gotten yourself into. Being her friend, unbiased, is a difficult thing to do when you have self serving motives. I can't imagine that you would tell her to work on her marriage when you would like for it to fail so that you can have your "turn". If you feel like you are the better man for her I don't think you are the best person to give her advice. It's a catch 22 if ever there was one. This type of thing begats mistrust on down the line. If she is your co-worker and your "best friend"...how are you going to feel if she changes jobs and finds a new "friend" at work. You will always feel like his motives and hers are not pure. I know someone already addressed that in this discussion but it is food for thought. People get themselves KILLED all the time behind this type of relationship.
blueyedtigerOPSaint Pauls, North Carolina USA24 posts
Thanks everyone, I guess I just needed somebody to slap some sense into me. The truth is I'm perfectly happy as "just friends"......It's just hard sometimes when I think about how I really feel and when I think about how much we mean to each other as friends. But I know I'd rather have her as a good friend than as nothing at all. Basically everything you've all just said are the exact same things I've been telling myself. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy!!!
No offence man, but this a no brainer. She is married. Stay away. Its as simple as that. Look at ladies who are sinlge and not in committed relationships.
I have to agree with Pucks on this one. It's a no brainer.
I won't touch a married woman. Period amen. I don't care if she's throwing herself at me! At the very best I'd tell her that if she wants a divorce get one, then come see me.
I sure as hell wouldn't be holding her hand through the process, and I'm damn well not going to encourage it.
That crap is for TV soap operas. Not my REAL LIFE!
Oh man! I say go for it. Get her really drunk and just pounce! Are you kidding? This is a huge no brainer. Keep your good friend and be happy that you have such a wonderful friend.
Oh, and don't forget these two words: "Fatal Attraction"
blueyedtigerOPSaint Pauls, North Carolina USA24 posts
Okay, just to clarify for the ones who apparently only saw the words that they WANTED to see, I said nothing about an affair. I'm not that type of person at all, and if I thought that she was, well, then I wouldn't feel the way I do about her. I guess it's just selfish of me to want to tell her my feelings. In reality, I don't want to do anything to further complicate her life, and I certainly don't want to damage our friendship. And as for "leaving the married women alone and chasing the single women", I don't think you really understood what I've written. See, she's one of the only women who would care if I dropped dead tomorrow. Single women are really good at ignoring me. Which is why I signed up for this site. Now they can ignore me online too!!!!!
spazitude80Madison or Fitchburg, Wisconsin USA18 posts
The heck with her husband tell her how you feel she may be trying to send messages to you thru body language and implament talking. She may also be looking for something better to be coming along before devorcing him. Well those are my thoughts atleast
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There's never been any form of inappropriate dialogue or action between us. We're just real good friends. Basically I'm asking, should I tell her how I feel or bite my tongue?