Has Anyone Started a Relationship With Their Best Friend?

[Northernmonkey1970]

I'm on the cusp of taking a big risk and doing this, best friends for 30 years + Me 53, her 55, and we've started progressively becoming very touchy feely over the last year or so. Had a few near misses in that time when we've had a few drinks. Our Hello/ Goodbye kisses last a little bit longer than they did. A few very risque pics have been sent by her recently too. Has anyone else took the plunge or is it absolutely a car crash and disaster in the making? Im not single but soon to be, when I get a rental place sorted which is taking an age. Or has anyone made it something lovely?

Leave it alone until you're single and settled in your new place.
Why are you finding it so hard to find a rental place? No available suitable housing, finances?

Found one its being refurbished for me to move into, and taking a while.

You're not single though. This sounds like an affair.

I did with my childhood friend and bitterly regret it. Our friendship is totally over now and all those years of happy memories have turned to shit.

If you think you could both handle it if it doesn’t work out, then maybe, but I was fairly sure our friendship could weather a breakup too. I was wrong. Such a shame as we were really good mates for a very long time.

Sounds awful on multiple fronts.

If she's that close a friend, surely you'd have an honest conversation - not start fumbling around & sending 'risqué' photos 🤮

Also, you're cheating - you're not single € treating your current partner very shabbily.

Soooo if you’ve had this friend for 30 odd years then surely they’ve also had a friendship with your ‘soon to be’ ex? So how will this affect her when you two get together so soon after ‘the end’?
I think you’re minimising what’s been going on and you sound like a cheat to me.

Yes, but we were both very much single and not having an affair. We nearly got married, but we couldn’t meet on the issue of children, so we decided not to. We’re still best friends, I’m married to someone else and he is very happy in a longterm relationship.

Are you the man who's just texted his best friend that "She's the one"? :D