I want to get closer...yet I don't want to lose our friendship in the end...

[CheeseMonkey]

So there's this girl...and we've been friends for over 6 months...and she's helped me through alot of my problems in life and stuff by talking to me...and she's helped me with a few of my relationships as well (she was dating another guy at the time) but they both broke up now and now we're both single...and I found out that she likes me recently (by reading a myspace comment to a friend and by how she acts around me lol) and I like her...but Idk if I like her as a friend or more than that. And I'm scared that if I do go out with her and we break up at some point (and from what I've learned in my past relationships)...I'll lose that friendship we've had for the past months, and I value it alot, we're good friends. She recently invited me to her house to help her study for a test...so we studied and just hung out for an hour after that just watching TV and talking and I had a great time just laughing and talking about interests and stuff. She's really the only girl who talks to me on a regular basis...and I look for that in a girl because if you met me, I'd probably be the quietest person you ever met and I tend to like people who talk alot to me lol Any advice on any of that? Do you risk losing your friendship with someone in any relationship?

[Yamaha]

If you feel strongly about her, yes, I would risk the friendship. If you see potential for a relationship with her and she in you then it would be a crime to not explore where it could go.

 

Only risk if you want more. To just try it on for size would be a waste of a good friendship.