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wow, I never thought I`d be posting a life issue but I`m afraid there`s no one else I can ask for advice. I`ve only got one real friend anymore(Doing a fifth year of high school was not the smartest idea on my part) and he`s my best friend. The problem is that I`ve fallen in love with him. This guy is amazing. He is definately me in guy form. Him and I are the same person. We think exactly the same things and understand eachother perfectly. I can have a conversation with him and not even speak a word but he`ll know what`s going through my mind. I don`t have to explain things because he knows. He knows everything about me and I feel like I can tell him anything(except for this). We`ve been through similar experiences. I`ve never had a friend that I`ve been so close to. We just have this amazing friendship that I can`t explain. I`ve had this crush since the moment I met him a year and a half ago and it grew considerably as I became his best friend. I tried to ignore these feelings but they just won`t go away and they`re so strong. I know that if I tell him his reaction won`t be that bad. He reacts fairly well to everything. I know that on his end it would not ruin the friendship if he did not return the feelings. He understands what it`s like to be on my side of the fence. I doubt it would create many awkward feelings on his part. I`m more worried about my reaction. I`m afraid that I will feel awkward and ruin everything by distancing myself. I couldn`t tell you if he reciprocates the feelings. I can feel the chemistry but I don`t know if he feels the same. Sometimes I wonder if he does feel the same way because of his actions and words but then other times I doubt it. I really don`t know what to do anymore. I have two options, either tell him or get over him. So I`m asking for advice. If you advise to tell him please help me out and give me some tips on doing so because I`m terrified to tell him. If you advise to get over him please give me some tips on that because I`m totally lost. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for listening.

Well, what do you want to do? Normally, when people have crushes on their best friends, they won't tell him because they're afraid it would ruin their relationship. But you already said that you're pretty sure that won't happen.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine. He's had a crush on this girl he knows for god knows how long, and they even went to a few dances together. She liked him as well. This guy's a few years older than me and he's like an older brother, so he basically tells me everything that's going on and gives me little life lessons. He said that the two of them decided to stay just friends, because he said that it was "better to have little than nothing at all."

Moral to the story: It's better to have little than nothing at all.

Something else happened to another of my friends. She plays an online game with some insane name, like Ragnarok, I think it is. She's got tons of friends, most of whom are guys. One day, one of them came on and said that he was going insane because he was in love with her, but she already had an online boyfriend who she was set to marry {in the game}. Because he couldn't have her, he said he was switching servers, because every time he saw her it hurt him. She somehow talked him out of it though...

Moral to the story: Don't let things build up before it's too late.

So, you've got quite a few options.

If you tell him how you feel:

He may return the feeling, and you two may end up going out, and---
a.) you two may break up and continue being friends
b.) you two may break up and never see each other again
c.) you two may get married and have three kids
Or, he may not return the feeling, and---
a.) you two will remain friends
b.) he will never speak to you again (which you already said won't happen)

If you don't tell him how you feel:

a.) you will never know how he felt about you
b.) you will probably remain friends, unless he feels that you're hiding something and won't want to speak to you again

(Oh man, I hope that made sense...)

Well, just think things through. If you want a chance at going out with him, then go ahead and tell him. If you don't want to screw things up, and would rather keep them the way they are, then you may want to reconsider.

If you want to tell him, don't freak him out by doing anything drastic like "OMFG, I f--king LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!" That won't go over too well. You can try a note, or you can just say "I need to tell you something, but promise you won't freak out..." I think there's tons of these in LI, and maybe you can try getting some ideas there.

If you decide you'd rather not tell him because you don't want to risk anything, you don't necessarily need to "get over him". You can still like him and just keep it to yourself, although if you keep it in too long, it may come out.

Sorry for the lengthy reply. I hope this helped. Whatever you decide to do, good luck!

I know how you feel. I have a guy friend like that, that I liked and all that. At the end of last summer I ended up telling him though that I like him. He didn't like me back though. Like you I was afraid of that, that things wouldn't be the same if that happened, but that's not the case. He knows I like him but he doesn't like me back, and I'm fine with that. If anything it makes me feel better that he knows. If anything it made out friendship stronger.
I think you should tell him. If he doesn't like you back I'm sure you'll be jsut fine and you'll probably be just as great friends with him. If you really do like him and if he's a really good friend of yours then you won't want to loose that friendship so you won't feel awkward or anything. You'll be fine. ^_^

cases like this should be handeled with extreame care. I agree you should indeed tell him what you feel and be confident about it, just be prepared the responce may not actually be what you want. A deeper relationship is definetly worth the risk of a temparaly damaged friendship, but it isn't worth loosing your friend forever. So should the worst happen and he says no, then don't let the resulting akwardness ruin things for either of you. In your, case however I'd say you got a good chance, so gain the courage to ask him out. I've learned that chances are better in this situation if you take the "surprize date" approch and tell him how you feel during that.

Thanks for all your advice guys. It really helped. Unfortunately he doesn`t like me in that way and we`re going to stay just friends. I think it will strengthen our friendship and so that`s a good thing. Once again thanks everyone.