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[AlmostJDM]

And yet another bestfriend crush thread. I feel this is a more complicated situation though so i took the liberty of trying to explain some stuff first. Now before i say anything, I'm extremly overprotective of her. I don't want anything bad to happen to her. I would do anything for her if she needed it also. But also, I want to know what she is thinking before just coming out and telling her how i feel.

I didn't plan on having any crushes nor do we ever. I went most of my first year of college without one. Then comes along this girl- Kelly; I was extremely sprung over for her throughout most of the second semester. I hung out with her friends to try and get closer to her, complimented her, etc. everything to try and make her get the hint. it didn't work to say the least. she ends making out in front of me to make me jealous..

During all this, a friendship between me and a girl i graduated from high school with started to from. we hung out the entire year and still do to this day. when this incident with Kelly was going on she basically told me how to handle this situation being a girl and all. All that blew over and what not.

My high school buddy is a bit more experienced than me. She dated this guy for a few years and ended with a bad break up, came to college and had a crush on one of my teammates who isn't the most trustworthy person when comes to relationships from my observations. I didn't want to interfer with her love life, but then she began asking me stuff about him and how he is so i told her. eventually she stopped liking him after i told her what i felt. with this she began asking me about other guys and what we think about-of course i told her. From there we talked about relationships and our problems with the opposite sex. we became good friends.

We were at a party one night and one of my boys told me he was crushing on her. thinking he was a good guy and wouldn't hurt her i set them up. a few weeks later they were together, but ended up breaking up because he felt drugs were more important. the problem with this is, when they were together i began developing feelings for her...

NOW

Signs that make me think she wants to be more than friends

-See's me at a party. i'm getting ready to leave and she begs me to stay. then call me at 2:30 in the morning just to talk. compliments me on my appearance that night.

-Randomly calls me one day after swimming. compliments me on my looks and attepmts to make plans with me.

-Asks me to come apply for a job where she works. as i'm getting ready to leave, she questions me about it as if she wants me to stay around the job. then says 'you can text me later if you like'

-Invites me out for icecream. brags to her friends about me and the stuff we've been through up at school. brings up old crushes i've had in the past.

-Always tells me how 'amazing i am and any woman would be lucky to have me'

-Calls me names like 'love', 'babe', and 'lover boy'

Things that confuse me

-I text her sometimes and she doesn't respond

-Messages me on facebook and apologizes for not texting me. The same night, i text her goodnight and she doesn't respond

-Texts me and we engage in conversation and she radomly stops texting

-Hear from her every few days, but not everyday.

-Calls me 'man'

My beliefs are that if you like someone to give them as much attention so that they get the hint, but i could be wrong. Any thoughts?

[kinkieone]

I do alot of the things to my guy friends that you listed that make you think this girl likes you. I honestly have to agree with the people who say to just talk to her. Two people can spend forever tiptoe-ing around the subject and wind up missing out. If she's really your friend she'll stick around after you tell her how you feel, just as a few people have said.
As B said, you can have amazing chemistry with someone and make the decision to not act on it. Having everything in the clear will make you feel better and may even strengthen your relationship. The longer you continue being confused you could wind up messing up the friendship by distancing yourself without meaning to.

Just talk to her!