How to stay friends with a guy I like?
...I'll explain. There are are two main reasons why I'd like to start taking a different approach to "dating."
1) Once in a while, I meet an amazing guy. We get along and the attraction is clear. However, circumstances in life lead us to different paths, geographically. However there's always that thought that there could be a possibility in the future. I mean, we're still young right? And you never know what could happen in 5 years.
2) Too often I jump too quickly into the physical aspects of a relationship, and then when I reach my boundaries of how far I'd go with some one I've only known for a couple weeks...it falls apart and we realize we were not on the same page.
So...I'd like to know...how do I chill and take things slower? Because ideally, (yes this is really corny) I'd like to fall in love with someone I consider a best friend.