I have been best friends with a man for 8 yrs now. He wants us to become more than that now. My question is this. Is it a good idea to cross that line?

Its your choice. Personally i wouldent for fear of what if it dosent work out? Will i lose him forever? As very few relationships that start and end that way end up staying friends. Just my opionion.

@christine47: Hi, my question is; would you like to cross that line also? If yes then :D, its OK as long as both of you are single and sincere .

I do believe that its a good relationship since for 8 years , you both know each now and less adjustment to make :D

I wouuld think that at somepoint in the time y'all have known eachother the thought has crossed one and or both of ur minds on more then one occasion...i know it can be scary to risk losing a good friend but it might be your lifetime lover!

It is all up to u and i date my best friend and we have been married to him 4 6 years now

I would think it over A LOT. I was best friends with this guy for almost two years...I mean he was the best friend I ever had. But then he wanted to be more...it got confusing. Then we tried to go back to friends but it didn't work out. We actually ended up unintentionally hurting each other: he wanted a serious romantic relationship with me, I didn't. I wanted a long lasting best friendship with him, and I guess he didn't. I think after everything it only hurt him to be friends with me. So in the end, both of us got hurt, neither got what we wanted or needed, we don't communicate at all anymore. Its so rare to come across such a REAL, solid friendship like that. So if you do decide to cross that line, just be prepared for the fallout cause if it doesn't work out, the friendship probably won't ever be the same again.

I have alot of male friends and since seperating recently have had many of them wanting more... is the friendship not enough?? thats what i ask myself every single time the line is crossed :)