Dunno what to say. You make sense, but I believe in falling in love with a good friend. Just playing it safe
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Love , IMHO, is build when to people come from a place of authenticity. To be authentic one must be vulnerable, "bold" and step into the unknown, with an open heart. The gift is on the other side of your comfort zone. You can be broken? Yes, but I rather be broken than live a life of "What if"?
In the end, we will not regret what we did, but we will regret what we left undone and unsaid...