when you start to date your best friend, you gain a lot: a protector, undeniable confidence, and a feverish determination to make your relationship work. but you also lose a lot and learn a lot. so while a relationship with somebody new often involves a lot of overanalyzing and sending nerve-racking texts, you won’t have to play the guessing game this time around. at first, you won’t be able to get enough of each other. while you’ll want to spend …

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 …

there are plenty of reasons why dating your best friend seems like a good idea, particularly if you’re feeling burnt out on dating apps and sick of meeting strangers you don’t end up clicking with. but of course, there’s one huge risk when it comes to dating your best friend: what if things don’t work out? to learn how to take a more calculated risk when thinking about dating your best friend, we spoke to two relationship experts: sexologist marla …

if your best friend is in love with you and you too feel the same way about them, then there’s no doubt you are ready for starting a relationship with your best friend. the initial days of dating your childhood friend or best friend are a bit confusing and awkward. needless to say, getting used to being in a relationship with your best friend isn’t the most straightforward journey. you need to treat this relationship like a normal one and …

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 …