Is it normal that im in love with my best friend and still be friends?

So I fell in love with my best friend. I know bad move blah blah blah. The thing is she knows and I know yet we continue to be really close and super good friends, which is good. But she has a boyfriend who she loves very dearly, and I'm very good friends with him. Which is sort of the bad thing since I fell for his girlfriend

I confessed my love for her on several occasions over the past year. And she's fine with it. In fact we both can acknowledge how great of a couple we could be. And time to time when were hanging out or even going out we pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend sometimes. We both agree that we don't want to get caught up in a stupid love triangle. And were both very content with just being great friends, but yet we do these things which I'm sure her boyfriend wouldn't be happy with either of us. Is this right? Are we both to blame? Should we stop being close when we enjoy each others company so much? Were both confused, and we want things to stay how they are, but were afraid we might be hurting her boyfriend, and we just don't want to fudge anything up.

Any Advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. :)

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  • stonecutters93

    Honestly man I'm in the exact same boat. About a month and a half ago I told my best friend I had feelings for her but she didn't want to ruin our friendship. But now I get these signs and it makes me feel like she's into me again. It's gonna be tough but I suggest just keep doing what you're doing, keep being her friend and maybe she'll come around and eventually realize that you're the one she wants to be with. Give it time and maybe everything will work out for you! If not you still have her as your best friend.
    Best of luck, hope it works out.

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  • Icarus00

    I thought I'd update on this situation.

    So over the past bit, she broke up with her boyfriend who which were not really friends anymore which was NOT related to me having a crush on his girlfriend, and me and the girl remained close. I've went thru a little relationship which turned out to be a bad choice and broke it off partially because I'm in love with the girl of my dreams.

    Now I'm in a similar situation as before. Except that she doesn't have a boyfriend, and I once again confessed my love for her. When I confessed, I did it really poorly since I was kinda racing time, and I got a bad reaction. You see, when she broke up with her boyfriend we remained friends for a while, but she was finding interest in my roommate. So the thought of my cool roommate and my bestest friend and love of my life being together kinda shook me. So I confessed outright how much I wanted to be with her. BAM! She said she didn't think we'd be right anymore and blah blah blah. That hit me pretty hard, but I was mature enough to accept that and try to move on. our friendship didn't get destroyed, but defiantly drifted apart after that. But lately we've been talking a lot again, and were a lot closer (Talk about a roller-coaster ride right?). We've been hanging out a lot more frequently, in fact we've been hanging out really late then normal when its just the two of us. And I don't know if she's into me again or what ever. I'm guessing its my brain telling me what I want to hear, but I can't shake the idea that she's actually wanting to hook up. And I'm too scared to act on it again.

    To me we seem to be doing more things then what I'd assume normal friendships would go, which was kinda normal for us to begin with. Examples would be little dates, mild flirtations, playing N64 drunk till really late in the morning, or even just enjoying ones company all night. She's even bringing up how she wants to be with the right guy, and continuously complimenting on how "amazingly awesome" we are to the rest of the world. And it seems to be that I'm the only one she's doing these things with. and while we were talking about relationships and the "one" She brought up that girls tend to become scared when someone of significance catches them off guard by asking to become closer, and I don't know if thats a hint for anything. So I am once again confused on how I should act on this. Help?

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  • hyacinth11

    Probably unintentionally, she's playing you. She's enjoying getting attention from two guys while you're mooning over her and the boyfriend is being kept in the dark, which is totally unfair to him.
    It's normal to maintain a freindship with someone you love. It is NOT normal to be doing "boyfriend/girlfriend" things with a girl who is in a relationship with someone else!
    Let Mr. Boyfriend in on the situation. If he's cool with it, by all means, continue. Otherwise you'll end up severely hurting him.

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  • wachu

    how to go about this indeed im kinda in the same situation. exept i dont know the guy or like him. so many choices. what im doing is sitting back letting her decide while i go about my business. but dont get me wrong i love this girl and i always will it has been engraved in my memory, soul ,and heart to me the only fact that matters is i love her. and god only knows i want nothing more than to be with her. but i cant bash my head in thinking about this all the time.

    so all we can do is chill

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  • kenkun

    I'd get a new best friend unless she drops her boyfriend, but that's just me.

    To be honest, I don't care about women I can't fck, except for my mom.

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  • Well you have both been open with your feelings for one another, and that you don't want to go there, hurt another, and wreck your friendship. So I think that is good.

    Just have a pact with one another to not step over the line, and to let one another know if that is at risk. Its worth the friendship.

    You are the one though who will need to be more vigilant. She has the bf & is trusting you to behave like a true friend and gentleman. Be that. Cross that line and you may lower her opinion of you considerably & irrevocably.

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  • Atrumentis

    I think thats very good that you guys can manage that. I'm not that good on relationship advice but I reckon you definitely shouldn't move apart. Just stay really good friends if you can.

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