9 Signs You’re Falling In Love With Your Best Friend
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He is someone you confided in about your most embarrassing crush and the silliest of faux pas moments. Both of you have been the best of buddies for quite some time now. But with the winds of change blowing strong, your best friend is becoming your special someone.
Well, it gets a bit tricky when you start feeling differently for someone you held on to as a best friend for a long time. If you do not mind gambling in this game of hearts, take the plunge. But if you want to play clean and safe, then watch out before you reach the point of no return! Whatever be your decision, here are 9 signs that should wake you up just when you are getting carried away.
1. Paying More Attention To Him Than Usual
You never noticed the colour or print of the t-shirt he wore only until the other day! These days, his smile seems more charming than you ever felt before. You are, in fact, surprised that you are discovering traits and facets about his personality that you never noticed earlier. Wondering what’s changed? Well, it’s your feelings towards him!
2. Dreaming Of Being With Him
Of late, have you started dreaming of being with him forever? Pause for a moment to understand if it’s normal. And only you would know that. Well, it may seem the best thing in the world is to have your best friend as your life partner forever. But remember, this rollercoaster ride is way too risky. If things don’t work out, your pure friendship with him will never be the same again!
3. The Best Of Best Friends
You always counted your number of best friends on your fingers, but of late it’s only one friend who has become your priority over the others! Little things that make him happy matter to you the most and you want to make him feel special, something you would not have done for your other best friends. This is perhaps the biggest sign that he is your “special” best friend.
4. The J-Feeling Has Crept In
There were times when it simply didn’t matter to you if he would strike long conversations with other women or chat over the phone for hours together. But it’s not the same any longer. You may not be admitting it but you get worked up when he gives others more time than you. Are you secretly hoping for more time and attention from him? Watch out, this is more than friendship!
5. His Hug Feels Different Now
Earlier, a hug from him was a way of exchanging pleasantries, but now it all feels different. It feels warmer and you wish it lasted longer. Of late, you have also started getting conscious of his touch. Although you try explaining to yourself that it’s all the same as earlier, your instincts tell you that this feeling is different from anything you have had before.
6. Conscious Of Your Looks When He Is With You
He is someone who has seen your hangover version! Not to forget those ungraceful looks with a mouth full of French fries. But all of sudden, you are paying attention to how you look and behave when you meet him. Well, sweetheart, looks like he’s not “just friends” to you anymore!
7. He Is A Therapist You Can’t Do Without
From scoring badly in college exams to dealing with the hopeless ex, your friend is a therapist and healing factor in your life for everything, no matter how big or small. So much so that you cannot imagine a world without him! Now you need to seriously consider if it’s simply friendship or something beyond.
8. He Makes Your Day
From the time you wake up in the morning to the time you go to sleep, your day is mostly occupied by his thoughts. Be it some funny incident or something deeply moving, you are engrossed by the thought of sharing everything with him and wish you could stay connected every minute.
9. Let’s Meet Just Like That
You folks met just the other day and you are already planning to pay him a surprise visit in a day or so. If this scenario gets more frequent, surely it is not a “just friends” trait. If you are looking for excuses to meet him and that too without any reason, your heartbeats are trying to tell you a different story of friendship.
Some relationships do not follow the conventional path. You first need to realise that your newly blooming feelings for your best friend are different from what they were earlier. Living in denial will only lead to confusion and misunderstandings. You don’t want to lose your best companion because let’s face it – a breakup with your bestie is worse than a breakup with your boyfriend.
