8 Tips For Dating a Friend

1) Be Prepared To Lose the Friendship First of all, if you are considering dating a friend, you should be prepared to lose the friendship. I know I'll probably be bashed by sappy folks for saying this, but it's just a harsh truth based on all the cases I've seen as a dating coach in the past ten years. If your friend does not reciprocate your feelings, he or she may "freak out" and pull back from you. Even if your friend does like you back and you guys end up dating, the relationship may not last forever. And when the breakup finally happens, it may not be as amicable as you would hope.

2) Don't Just Say It If you like your friend, make sure you don't just "spill your beans" and reveal how you feel. They may NOT feel the same way. Even if they did, "telling" them would kill their interest level. Instead of wearing your heart on your sleeve and letting yourself blurt it out, just follow the tips in this article and take things one step at a time.

3) Make Them See You Differently Your first job is to stop bring predictable and make them start seeing you differently? Why? Because they probably think they know you very well and that there is no reason to go from being "friends" to dating. You gotta change that. Surprise them by showing more sides to you. (They better be good things!) Make them realize that there is a LOT more to you than what meets the eye. You gotta make them intrigued by you, or you're going to be stuck as a friend forever.