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Dating In Real Life: How Do I Know It Is Love Not Friendship?

How To Get Out Of The Friend Zone

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In this short blog post, I will discuss how you know that it is love and not just a close friend.

It will give you some clues as to whether the person you are dating will be just a friend or if there is something more.

A Cute Couple
Is It Love Or Is It Just Friendship?

I have written this as a bonus since my ebook isn’t finished yet.

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Clue #1: You Care For Someone A Bit Extra

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So if you care for someone very much and if you are a bit over-protective and a bit jealous when your friend is out on dates with other persons, or you want to be with that person the entire time it might be a clue that you are becoming more than just friends.

Seeing each other and calling each other regularly can also be a clue.

However, if you live on different continents, you might just as easily use video chat on xpdating.com.

Do you feel excited when he or she calls, texts or chats with you? This might be a certain sign of love.

Clue #2: You Are Looking Forward To Meeting The Other Person

How To Get Out Of The Friend Zone
Being Friends Is Nice, But Maybe You Want Something More…

If you are looking forward to visiting places together or feeling that you want to spend every moment together with that person, this might also be a clue that you have stronger feelings than just being friends.

A thing that might be less obvious is that you think about that person in ways you weren’t thinking about him or her previously and maybe you are always thinking about what he or she is doing right now or feeling an extra appreciation for something he or she might have said or are making a certain gesture or expressing an opinion that stick with you.

Another clue might be that you always want to help the person and be there for them whenever wherever and whatever they need to get help.

These things might as well be clues that you are moving away from the realm of friendship towards the realm of love.

Another indication that it’s more than a friendship might be a bit tricky to identify, but you like spending time with that person.

This is, of course not just true to people you love but also to terrific friends.

Intervening when the other person might feel bad about certain things or are being depressed is something that excellent friends do and lovers.

They are there “for better and for worse” if you catch my drift.

My Advice To You

If you feel this way about a friend, ask him or her if they are feeling the same way.

It is better to ask your friend whether he or she feels the same way or not.

Maybe you decide that you are only good friends and then that’s what you are or maybe you decide to take the uncertain route of trying to explore those feelings.

 

I will advise you to talk about these things if the above clue is true. Sometimes your love can be closer to your home than you could imagine.

Of course, you are jeopardizing your friendship and might turn out being like this poor guy:

Portrait of a confident businessman standing with arms folded on gray background
He Must Be Sour Because He Hasn’t Found Love

or you might be lucky and end up like this:

happy young couple in bed kissing
Like This Guy Obviously Has!

Next blog post

My next blog post will be published on September the 2nd 2015.

It will be about what it means to date as a Christian today in the new series of blogs that will be published under the name “Christian Dating Advice”.

See you then,
Rickard

About the author: Rickard has been the chief blogger of Chi Rho Dating since the summer of 2015 and the dating coach of the dating website ChristianDatingInternational.Com since 2013. Rickard has been featured on DatingNews.Com.

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