falling in-love with a FRIEND

friendship and love - friendship turning into love
Philippines
March 4, 2008 11:54am CST
Why do most people seem to fall for their friend at one point or another? It maybe because we see a great person. Someone who knows us inside and out. Someone who has bee there when we were down. Someone who knows what makes us laugh and what makes us cry. Someone who cares. We simply see the perfect someone in our FRIEND. But what we don't see is that as soon as we take the next step, they will turn into someone we never knew at all!
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
5 Mar 08
Most of the time, lovers started out from being frenz.. They share things and problems, they see how they treat their partners and how are they being treated.. Be there for each other always.. Very naturally, feelings will develop and a couple is formed.. hehe
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
31 Mar 08
Yup.. and that's y human and feelings are always very hard to catch and say if it's real.. Love is always about sacrifices and it all depends on weather u think its worth the sacrifices ^_^ However, there are a minority of couples who still will remain as frenz even after break up..
• Philippines
31 Mar 08
You are absolutely right kun2349! Most friendships develop into love because of much closeness. A friend always sees and brings out the best in you. With this, it is very impossible not to fall for our friends. And I would say that it is indeed a very great feeling. But the very sad part on that is when you fall for a friend and eventually be your friend's lover, things won't be the same. You have moved to the next level which is quite risky because if you two will break up, usually the friendship is as well affected and you two would probably end up hating each other. Loving a friend is a wonderful feeling and at the same time risky.
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
When people start out as just friends, there are no pretensions. They are not afraid to show their true selves to each other. Being friends from the start is a good foundation for being in love. I ended up marrying a good friend of mine. They say that if you started out as friends, fell in and out of love, there's always something to fall back on when the love disappears and that is friendship.
• Philippines
16 Mar 08
Hi there plainhousewife! I am so glad to hear your story. And I am just so happy to hear that true love still works out in this modern world. Like what I have mentioned above that falling in-love with a friend is actually one of the sweetest things in the world yet may also be the saddest one. Several years ago, I fell in-love with my best friend. I would say that I consider myself the happiest person in the world. I used to say that I just couldn't ask for more since I had him. Yet, destiny played a game on us that led us to separation. At first, I thought I couldn't survive but thank God for I was still able to manage my way. But the sad reality is, such incident made me numb.
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@subha12 (18441)
• India
5 Mar 08
I think because we know our friends well. when there is good friendship, there are already some bonds between them there are understanding, trust, feelings etc. the friendship as a word is much more. so that transforming into love takes less time.
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• Philippines
31 Mar 08
As I have mentioned above subha12, it is never really difficult to love as FRIEND. As you have said, when there is an existing good friendship, strong bond is present. Simply because of understanding, trust, and care. And that is simply the reason why it is not difficult to love a friend. Yet it is also risky because as they say, there is actually a very thin separation between love and hate. And when hate takes over, the very beautiful friendship fades. It is so sad yet it is the reality in life. We all know that life is never fair. Sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down. Till here, xoxo..
@heart143 (1202)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
There's quite a number of friends that at some point in time fell in love with me. Yes, you may have a point there, that maybe it is because we found a great person in a friend...someone who know us from in and out and someone who accepts us no matter how "bad" we've been. But love stories have different endings. We really do not know what's the next step to a friendship. My husband and I started as not so good friends, then we became good friends and eventually the best of friends. I think friendship is the best foundation of a relationship. Because in friendship, there are no pretentions. It is with friends that you can be who you really are. And now that we have a kid already, sometimes we still enjoy the crazy things we do when we we're just friends.
• Australia
5 Mar 08
Before I became a couple with my bf, he was my friend. We hang out almost everyday with a few other people, We laugh together, got problems together, enjoy life together. In him I saw someone that can make me laugh in the time of sadness, therefore when he asked me out, I didnt hesitate. True that as soon as we took the next step, problem started arising, he seems a different person etc2, but then I realise that it is not HIM or ME that has changed, but our perspective. Before when we were just friends, there has been no expectation of each other, and although we were close, there were a different type of closeness when you are a couple. I would say, it is great to be FRIEND with your LOVER because this is the relationship that will last and will keep strong. So there you go, my reason for falling in love with my own friend :)
• Philippines
31 Mar 08
Hi luckydolphin98. First, I would like to thank you for sharing your story. We do have a similar story because I also fell in-love with my very own best friend before. We did have a very nice relationship. I would say that I was very lucky to have someone like him. I know that I almost had everything knowing that I have someone who knows me inside out as I do to him. Yet, destiny has been quite cruel to us that led us to separation. It is really sad to know losing someone like him yet I know it's part of life. Getting hurt and learning new things that has eventually made me a better ME. The saddest thing that was brought by our separation was losing such wonderful friendship. And because of that, I once told myself that I would never fall for a friend ever again. I would rather save the friendship because it is not really easy to lose a very dear friend. But it was over and all I could do is learn and get a new life! Till here, God bless.
@kreinao (56)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
i totally agree with you. i fell in love with my friend. well, we both fell in love with each other. we had it going on, lasting for 5years. then suddenly, all hell breaks loose. and well, his true personality came out. it was really hard and painful. and trying to put back the friendship again is hard. especially after a very bitter break-up.
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• Philippines
16 Mar 08
Hello kreinao! Thank you for sharing your story with us here. And I am honestly sad to hear that. But life is never really fair. I, myself is a victim of that one too. It only makes me sick and sad each time I remember my very nice yet painful experience in the past. But because of it, I am now a better person than before. I hope you also do the same. Cheers!
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@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
at some point, there must be someone who would actually fall for the other. its just a matter of time i suppose. but i dont think that if you become lovers, that person will change from what you know him/her to be. no one changes over night and its just not possible. it could be that you have expected too much from that person that you have seen a different side of him you never thought existed when you were just friends.
• India
4 Mar 08
hey i dont like friends turning into overs bu i wont agree with u.i dont think they will change into somethingthat they had never been.i think they will be as they r when they were as a friend.
• Philippines
6 Mar 08
Hello iamhari123! I respect your opinion about this matter. Well, since we all have our own uniqueness as persons, we do have different views in life. And since we are all unique, we obviously have different experiences in life, right? I guess for others, their friends are still the same even if they became more than friends but there are also other people who experience different thing too. *wink *wink *wink
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• Philippines
5 Mar 08
yeah, i guess you have a point, because most of the things that you see were the good ones, rather you only see the good things and didnt put much attention with whats the bad side. so then when you wish to move to the next level and see this things and feel, the difference that it has come to that way.
• Philippines
16 Mar 08
There is always two sides of the story. A person is different when he/she is just a friend, and he/she is also different when he/she is your lover. The transition from friend to lover could either be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you took that next step.
• United States
4 Mar 08
I've fallen in love a few times in my life, and only once with a friend. Know what? We got married, had a family and are still married 12 years later. Falling in love with a friend can be the best thing ever!
• Philippines
16 Mar 08
Yes, I do agree with you. Falling in-love with a friend is at times so scary. Because we will never know its outcome. It would either be positive or negative. For several people, their relationship was a success but for some, it wasn't. Why I say scary because if the relationship wouldn't work out that fine, the friendship itself would greatly be affected. But I also believe that loving your best friend is one of the sweetest things in the world. On the other hand, could also be the saddest thing especially if things won't work out that smooth.
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• China
16 Mar 08
We all need time to know a person,whether friends or lover.when you and you friend have much connects,maybe the friendship can turn to love.I belive time can change all the things and all the people.Lover always come from friends.
• Philippines
31 Mar 08
I am thinking is that the reason why they fall for their friend is because they get comfortable telling the friend their perception of things, and their feelings. So when they feel that their friend accepts them for who they are, that's when they start feeling they like their friend more...then it becomes a crush, until they fall in love. I agree, once one of them takes the next step - cofessing the feelings, all of a sudden the friendship just vanishes. I don't understand why, though.
• Philippines
31 Mar 08
haha, i know what it feels to fall in love with a friend... it hurts specially when she loves someone, and you see them together, haha, ouch!! it hurts so much... ^_^
@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
Friends will always be friends and I dont want to fall in love with my friend because theres no excitement already..
@msfreeze (89)
• United States
5 Mar 08
I believe that most good relationships start off as a friendship first. this is the time where we can let our guard down and be ourselves without trying to impress anyone. you get to know the real person being their friend first. in my experience the only downfall has been is if the relationship doesnt work out you are taking the chance of losing a great friend.