Hi there,
I know this question has been asked many times - I just felt I needed to ask real people for their opinions!
I have a boyfriend of 4 years - he is fantastic. We live together and I couldn't ask for more.
However, I also have a friend of 11 years, who is my closest male friend. Nothing romantic has ever happened between us, but we've always been very close and offered advice on relationships etc - he always comes to me for advice about where to take a new 'date' and equally when things go pear shaped. Both my family, and his family, and lots of friends make comments about why we haven't got together - or that they'd always thought we would! Recently, we were having a discussion about his 'type', we were out and quite drunk and with a group of about 20. He told me that out of everyone there, he'd choose me to sleep with - this completely threw me, as it was the last thing I expected him to say. Anyway, more recently, he told me that he had thought about asking me out on a date years ago, when we both lived close by, but that he thought it would be too complicated and that I would say no anyway.
The problem I have now, is that I keep wondering what if we should have gone on that date!? I don't know what to do - whether to spend some time with him and talk about this more openly or whether to ignore it. As I said, I have a great relationship... I just hate the thought of 'what if'?!
Any advice would be welcomed!
Thanks