Monday

If I was your best friend..

...i'd want you around all the time

Hey yall,

The topic today issssss
OPPOSITE-SEX BEST FRIENDS….and when they become more :P

YUP!You’ve heard it all before..best friends turned lovers. Cute stuff, right? Yessir. But what you hear more often is friends, turned lovers, turned…nothing. When the relationship goes array shit just…stops. And nobody wants that. Like, at all. How often do you hear people claiming that they don’t wanna get into a relationship with somebody because they don’t want it to ruin the friendship that they already have?

But, what if the relationship that you have with your best friend is more like a bf/gf relationship then anything else? Like, texting/calling eachother 24/7...he pays for almost everything...you talk about everything( ..except talking to people of the opposite sex)

Ima be a loser right now and make a quick reference to DEGRASSI. There were these two characters Marco and Ellie who were like best best friends..completely obessed with eachother & all that ish. They eventually lived together, and were pretty much dating. (Side note: he was gay…but whatevs lol) ANYWAYS, one day they hook up and then its like…OH SHIT! WHATS GOING ON HERE? (and yes…DRAKE/aubrey graham starred in degrassi too..yeah, I grew up on him..)




But anyways, what do you do when that happens? What if the way you just interact with somebody is NOT what the title entails? That’s like calling somebody your best friend when you never want to hang out with them..or calling somebody your enemy when you guys get along just fine. It just doesn’t work, right?

Well, in my mind there are a few ways to handle this situation:


1) TAKE THE NEXT STEP
Why not take the next step? If its obvious that you have feelings for eachother, then why not take the risk and become official? The pros with this is basically something amazing love-wise could come from a relationship that originiates from a really solid friendship , especially best friends. The cons? Well if anything goes sour with the relationship and it ends on a bad note, theres a huge chance that the best-friendship you had before will be ruined, and you will be faced with question…was it all worth it?


2) LEAVE GOOD ENOUGH ALONE
If your not interested in actually forming a romantic relationship with them, your main option is to just leave it alone. Back off from the “more than best friends” behavior a little to ensure that your relationship with that person doesn’t cock-block you from talking to other people…and let them know.


3) RIDE IT OUT, BABYY
Just ride it out. If your actions say that you guys are in a relationship, but your words and the title haven’t gotten there yet…just ride it out. Good things come with time, and it will only be a matter of time until both of you realize what is it, or what it isn’t. Pros of this? You don’t rush into anything that you aren’t ready for. Cons? It may never reach the point of a relationship, and it may never sizzle down to a healthy best-friendship. Womp.

AIGHT AIGHT. WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR MUSIC?




...i heard this song on the radio while i was writing this article. HOW EFFIN PERFECT IS THAT YALL?? but yeah, just listen..it might not be your style of music but it's a real cute song.





& of course, 50. "You say he's just a friend, but girl lets not pretend..either he is, or he ain't ya man.."



PEACEEEEE

3 people left me some shugga!:

Kenny F said...

good shit.
but i dunno, to me it dont seem like theres any sure fire good way to handle this situation.
1 seems too obvious lol
2 seems too harsh
so im leanin on option 3.

sidebar:
"that nigga name aubrey...haha"

Anonymous said...

lol
okay i know who you're talking about in this situation BUT i'm going to relate it to mine so that you can it a lil differently

sometimes that random hook up is an accident and doesnt mean shit

ima just put that out there
sometimes you don't need to proceed to step 1, 2, or 3 because it just doesn't mean shit... and you may say that that is going to step 2 but no... all those steps are conscious efforts to take action and i'm saying if it doesn't mean shit it may happen again... or once or twice... when they're in a room high as fuck or at a party drunk as fuck... it happens...

if a best friendship is a best friendship, then it should be established as a best friendship... if someone has alternate motives.. they need to be up front about that shit man... for real...

B. Coles said...

YES! i remember that episode! i grew up on aubrey too... but yeah...
and YES! i love that song! i listen to it like almost everyday... but i know EXACTLY what ure talking about... me and one of my closest guy friends almost had sex... lol...and we stopped b4 it got there and were like "umm, i cant do this" lol it was awkward, but we're still just as close. i cant say for anyone else, but ima relate my situation to the 1,2&3
1...i think that in the end, loosing a best friend may not have been worth it... im sure the sex wouldve been great, but idt we would be as close...
2...yeap...i like this option..lol
i really like #3...but it never works that way cuz unspoken rules dont get followed and some1 will end up being more involved than the other person. and perhapse end up jealous... hmmm but it will be a good solution for the people who can do it...lol