Old-soul
06-14-2004, 03:33 AM
Ok here goes,
I am a 25 yr old guy and I'm interested in my best friend, she is 32 yrs old and i've known her for almost 8 years (over half of it being interested). But here is the thing one time a few years ago she did find out I was attracted to her and she told me that she is going through a stressful time (finals for her masters degree) and she told me that she doesn't want more things on her mind right now and that she doesn't want to be mean to me and embarrass me in front of other people, and at that point I told her, "yes I find you attractive, and I'm your friend, and we are at differant point in our lives and I'm sorry if I put you in a awkward position, however if I was more established I would've harassed you for a date." at that point she relaxed and laughed at that funny statement I made. But the strange thing is as the years pass by shes become very close with me and my family especially my mother, she has finished her school and been promoted in her job she now makes about $32.00 an hour and I have been mildly successful making $11.00 an hour and going to college (and only paying 20% of the tuition fee due to the GI bill) and since then she has relaxed a lot and has done a lot of things with me and my mother, and recently I've been picking up strange vibes from her like a feeling maybe something happening in the possible future and so far I've been trying to ignore it and not get my hopes up too high, but our freinds been teasing us telling us that we act like we're married but we just laughed it off and looked at it with a good humor, and another thing thats gettin' me thinking is just recently she was commenting on how it was the short old 50-60 yr old guys who were bold enough to approach and start hitting on her (she's almost 6'3" I'm a little over 6 feet tall) and I was making a comment on how if I was closer her to level I would ask her out, but she jokingly said "What you afraid of me?" and I said, "No its just that you make so much more than I do and I feel I still have a lot to do." then she commented that it really shouldn't matter because her mother actually made more money than her father and she was the breadwinner of her family.
So i'm thinking that I should take things slow but I'm also wondering if there is a possibility that she might have a romantic interest as well but is taking her time to get to know me well or am I looking a little to far?
P.S. She is single and has never been married. I apologize for writing a novel about this situation and appreciative for those who have the patience to read this again any tips or advice is greatly appreciated.
I am a 25 yr old guy and I'm interested in my best friend, she is 32 yrs old and i've known her for almost 8 years (over half of it being interested). But here is the thing one time a few years ago she did find out I was attracted to her and she told me that she is going through a stressful time (finals for her masters degree) and she told me that she doesn't want more things on her mind right now and that she doesn't want to be mean to me and embarrass me in front of other people, and at that point I told her, "yes I find you attractive, and I'm your friend, and we are at differant point in our lives and I'm sorry if I put you in a awkward position, however if I was more established I would've harassed you for a date." at that point she relaxed and laughed at that funny statement I made. But the strange thing is as the years pass by shes become very close with me and my family especially my mother, she has finished her school and been promoted in her job she now makes about $32.00 an hour and I have been mildly successful making $11.00 an hour and going to college (and only paying 20% of the tuition fee due to the GI bill) and since then she has relaxed a lot and has done a lot of things with me and my mother, and recently I've been picking up strange vibes from her like a feeling maybe something happening in the possible future and so far I've been trying to ignore it and not get my hopes up too high, but our freinds been teasing us telling us that we act like we're married but we just laughed it off and looked at it with a good humor, and another thing thats gettin' me thinking is just recently she was commenting on how it was the short old 50-60 yr old guys who were bold enough to approach and start hitting on her (she's almost 6'3" I'm a little over 6 feet tall) and I was making a comment on how if I was closer her to level I would ask her out, but she jokingly said "What you afraid of me?" and I said, "No its just that you make so much more than I do and I feel I still have a lot to do." then she commented that it really shouldn't matter because her mother actually made more money than her father and she was the breadwinner of her family.
So i'm thinking that I should take things slow but I'm also wondering if there is a possibility that she might have a romantic interest as well but is taking her time to get to know me well or am I looking a little to far?
P.S. She is single and has never been married. I apologize for writing a novel about this situation and appreciative for those who have the patience to read this again any tips or advice is greatly appreciated.