as a straight woman with a lot of straight male best friends i don’t harbor any romantic feelings for, i’ve always been confused by how people manage to transition platonic friendships into relationships. i mean, what happens to your dynamic when you go from buds who gab about your respective lives to being each other’s love lives? how much does a relationship change when you start dating your best friend? in a recent reddit askwomen thread, real ladies share how …
two of my best friends recently started dating each other, and while i am very stoked for them, i struggled a bit to come terms with it. here’s what i learned when they started dating: it’s natural to want to blow things out of proportion when you find out your friends are dating each other. it makes things harder if you find out about their relationship from someone else, so be honest from the very beginning and tell your friends …
you may have even met each other’s family and other friends, which takes a lot of the stress out of announcing a new relationship. believe it or not, there’s a lot to consider before you make the (mutual, and explicit) decision to date a friend. unless you’ve discussed this in clear terms before, it can be difficult to determine whether your friend likes likes you or if they’re simply acting the way a good friend should. if one of you …
and for a man over 40, it’s hard to find the kind of self-knowledge and life experience that leads to true confidence inside of a woman who’s only entering her 23rd year of life. uncomfortable with parts of your body that used to be higher and tighter? but being with someone who doesn’t look so obviously out of place on their arm and in their bed helps them to feel great about the body they’re in (note double entendre). that’s …
1. go to an amusement park together and try all of the rides you’re normally too scared to go on. 3. treat yourselves to a nice dinner out at a fancy place when one of you gets a groupon for it. instagram pictures of yourselves and basically make everyone else want to vomit with how adorable you are. 6. get absurdly dressed up and go to your high school reunion together, only to get buzzed on champagne and judge everyone …