Love is said to be one of the purest feelings and so is friendship. No matter how alike two people are, both are different from one another. While love gives you butterflies and takes you to seventh heaven, friendship makes you feel treasured and valued.
But what if you find yourself falling in love with your best friend? What if you start getting butterflies when you see them? Or you get jealous when they talk to someone else? It is not at all wrong to fall in love with your best friend unless it is one-sided, or you are already in a relationship. In order to avoid such a confusing situation, here are a few ways to prevent yourself from falling in love with your best friend!
1. Identify the thin line between friendship and love
No matter how close you and your friend are, you must always try to maintain a healthy friendship with him. There is a thin line between friendship and love and if you are successful in identifying the difference, then maintaining your friendship would be a cakewalk.
2. Keep a check on your emotions
You must monitor your emotions from time to time. If you observe that you have started feeling differently towards your friend, then self-introspection is the key. Check with yourself and get to know what exactly made you feel in a certain way. Keep yourself disciplined and value the healthy friendship that you have with the other person.
3. Don’t share too much about your life
Friends make life easier and are there to support you through thick and thin. But you must keep a slight check on the things you are sharing with them. Such situations can arise where the other person might interpret something said by you in a different manner. Getting wrong hints might give rise to emotions very different from friendship.
4. Be responsible for your drink
Accept it or not, alcohol is responsible for causing a lot of troubles. While drinking you must know your limits and always be conscious of what you are doing or saying. Never let the alcohol do the talking, as things said and done under the influence of alcohol might make you regret later.
5. Don’t rant about your relationship
Never speak poorly about your partner in front of your friend. At times ranting about your relationship might give wrong hints to your friend which might lead to development of feelings for you.
No matter what, the responsibility of keeping your friendship healthy lies with you. Even if certain events lead to you falling in love with your friend, then you two must be mature enough to talk and sort it out. Acting like adults is the first thing which helps in maintaining and safekeeping friendships. You must never forget that communication is the key, and anything could be sorted out as long as you two talk about it.
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