About a best friend...?

Question

my best friend is a guy and we've super close since we were 7, and now we're 13. we're neighbors and pretty much hang out all the time. we're like brother and sister, basically. i've never seen him as "boyfriend material", and i never plan to. i was pretty sure he thought the same too until recently. he's kind of been dropping hints lately, and i don't really know what to do. like he acts a little jealous when i talk to other guys and he always sits right next to me. and the other day he told me that he thought the perfume i was wearing was really sweet! i don't wanna go out with him because i don't wanna wreck our friendship. i know that sounds cliche, but i'm serious. would a guy even start to like someone after they've been friends for so long?

Answer 1

A guy and a girl can never really just stay friends. Either way, one will always develop feelings for another. If lucky, both of you will. I was in the same situation, when I was around your age. And it ended up terribly and we don't even speak anymore. Just a simple Hi and Bye.

If you strongly feel that you have no interest in him, not even a little feeling. Then let him know, you're not interested and have always seen him as a brother. If you do have a lil crush on him, that crush can always progress to something more. If you guys are such great friends, you guys can work out any problems.

Answer 2

of course the guy will have strong feelings for you and sooner or later that would have had to come out. I think the best thing for you to do is to tell your friend that you want to continue to be friends and just friends only, if he doesn't understand that then i don't know what is wrong with him.

Answer 3

Well, for this I must say that you should never go out with friends. I think you should tell him that you just want to be friends right now. You don't mind hanging out with him, but you would rather not date. Dating your best friend is one of those things that everyone knows not to do.

Answer 4

Maybe he started to see you as a girl and not as friend. Why don't you talk to him? Tell him how you feel about it. Maybe he's not sure he likes you in the way you think. My best friend is also a boy and we are really close since our 10 years old (we are 17 now) and that hapned to me once, when we were about 13 also, I though I liked him but I didn't =S Maybe that's happening to your friend.