Im in love with my friend

I agree that your shared love experience is an interesting one, in such a way that the feeling is intense. You are confused right now but only between two choices, one is to express your true feelings regarding him and other is to sacrifice your real feelings and stay put where your are right now with him as friends. Since, this kind of love experience is very mysterious for any other people around you and frankly, have that thought already that both of you can become love partners. Sometimes, knowing a person far beyond time really can make it more intense in loving or liking, especially when you have accepted the fact the ways he are doing for you may be an additional points for you to think that " Is he really liking me the same way I like him? or " Does his acts shows clearly he loves me but afraid to directly tell me because on fear of rejection? or " Do I have to make this move this time? when I have all the clues connected with it? and many more.. However, I believe both of you are not clueless regarding feelings involved, but clueless about the DEPTH of feelings. You know, when we really love a person, we do not think of pride, gender, and consequences of every actions, the main thing that we consider is TO GET WHAT WE WANTED, TO LET THE PERSON KNOW WHAT WE TRULY FEELS..HOWEVER, IF WE WILL BE ALWAYS GETTING THAT FEAR FACTORS IN OUR MIND RATHER THAN RELYING TO OUR OWN STRENGTHS, THEN, I GUESS REGRETS WILL BE THE END. Sometimes, there are person who are introvert type, conservative and sensitive when it comes to other aspects of their personality and wanted it to be untouchable by other people , it may be their choice to protect some privacy in them and able to separate their everyday life with other people that make them more at ease. Somehow, there are kind of people would rather be mysterious at all. I guess it all depends on the person you are knowing far well. But, if really, he has the same feelings kept inside of him like you? I guess he will take initiative already than wait for that long time to come and regret those times he can freely have you because of his inner fears or he is just used to a way that the girl will make move rather than him to be sure that he will be not rejected at all. Well, you have great friends to support you and give you advices already. But, always your personal choice and not the environment, because, your feelings are directly involved and liable for such effects. YOu know how far you can go, before you can go on your fear, let your friendship grow more and make him realize slowly your importance in him, I guess even time cannot stop him once he had realized already able to feel the same way you have. Rather than, push him to make or take some advantages for him and not for both of you., Or, have conflicts maybe. I guess, IF he is really meant for you this time, the feelings and intensity will always be mutual. HIS feeling for you and same as the feelings you have for him

You see if you wait that long to really approach him in that type of way you risk losing him to someone else. Maybe he is thinking the same thing but he is also afraid that you reject him. i think you should talk to him privately one to one face to face. And then you could sit. Actually the best way to do it is to play a little game with him. Do something that will make him laugh hard or smile. And then you should stop him and tell him that you really want to ask him something important. And here is the time you should ask him if he has feelings for you. If you dont want to approach it my way then you could figure another way for your self but all I would like to say is that if you wait too long, you risk loosing him and I know that you wouldnt want that. I know he is your friend and if he rejects you, you both might start to look at each other differently. But life is all about chances and you need to take chances to be successful.

Ho courtroom, I think if you are sure you wont be hurt by this guy or you wont hurt this guy in long run them go ahead. You like this guy and obviously form what i read i feel he likes you too. So what are you waiting for Christmas????? If you are sure then don't delay enough so that someone else claim him and whole life you would keep thinking only if i had told him .. If he doesnt want you more than a friend then let him say so but go ahead and ask.

Since you asked for our opinion please don't get offended by my response here.I am bit rude most of the times but what i really dont like is to offend anyone especially girls.Anyways like you have written in your post that people comment about you guys that means something is there , that's not the case .I have seen many cases where two people (boy and girl) are best friends, they roam around together and people think they might be dating.Actually the main thing is that you like him or not ,you have written here that obviously you have feelings for him and he is your close friend so don't think of hinting him or using some indirect means to express your feelings towards him , just tell him directly.Since your friendship is close i am sure he would like you to be his love interest, the reason is that you will understand him more than any other girl whom he met just recently.About losing him i dont think he will get offended to know that you have feelings for him,so it wont effect your friendship at all.Who knows may be he is thinking in same way like you that you might reject him or something like that.You have known him for 2 and a half years now so what difference these 8 months will make.It happens in life that we have to take tough decisions , so dont have fear of rejection.I know its very easy to write all this but its difficult to actually do this in real but then if we dont try at all ,how will we know that we will be successful or not.If you dont tell him at all you will lose him anyways so its better to tell.Also dont worry about people ,the world is not perfect,people have opinion on each and everything they will talk but life goes on ,one should not be bothered at all.

It seems that a lot has been going on between you two and well I cannot exactly tell whether he likes you or not. I was the same age with you when I fell in love with my best bud. Everybody in the group was doubting us both but we refused to hear what they were saying to us. I was scared to get rejected and so was he. He couldnt afford to lose me and so was I. In the long run our feelings for each other grew day by day till we couldn't hold on anymore, I finally got the courage to confess ands did he at the same time. And now we have been married fir more than 7 years.

To be frank, I am no Dr. Love, or something like that , but I do believe that you should not wait too long (2.5 years+8 months is too long!) to confess your feelings towards him...It is now or never...Nevertheless, I believe he is hinting his feeling towards you by those simple acts and expressions...To explain why he 'ignored' you, it is certainly because he does not want his feelings to be too obvious for you, and worse to everyone else...You also said that he is the kind of person who probably wouldn't want to attract attentions from your classmates and teachers, and you wouldn't either, thus justifies my point that he wanted the to-be relationship to be your little secret... However, I think I can understand why you are unable to tell him your feeling towards him...The fear of losing close friends is bothering you, but for me it can be sometimes the blocking stone for further relationship...If you do not want to ask him personally, why not ask help from his male friends? Men sometimes do story their feelings to their close male friends, so I believe this is your chance...Give it a try, who knows you struck gold? Good luck!

Convey your message ... it is important to communicate your feeling and love. all the best

I think your friends display some signs and affection towards you and although it's not that as clear as day light still he may be interested in having you more than a friend. The funny thing is that both of you are waiting for the right time to tell each others feelings and emotions. But guys life is too short don't wait for too long and regret later. What I am trying to say is that don't let days go by and waste it. It's either you or him will opened up the topic about love. I don't understand about the waiting game either. I am sorry I am being restless, I want you two to be happy in love. Good luck to the two of you. Let love blossomed in the air.

For me yak it is weird so bad to think friend is a friend only if long for that it is good but shy a little.

If it were me in this situation, I would speak up and tell him my feelings. It may not be easy to do, but if you don't speak up, you'll always wonder. Good luck!

you are a right person with a perfect nature for which you have been fallen in love with another. This is a common nature and you have not done anything wrong. But the wrong thing is that you cannot make your attention normally in your study. You have written that that person is attractive, I thing you too. And if there is any lacuna try to fill it up.