Okay, in case you hadn't guessed, this is another thread asking for "relationship" advice. I don't want to get to far into the story, so I'll just tell you the basics: I've had a crush on a girl for a while now (she also happens to be my best friend) and just the other day I was on the phone with her; we've been talking for about an hour and a half, when she asks me if I like her. Naturally, I panicked. I'd been backed into a corner, and I had no choice but to admit it. So I told her yes. After this, she just kind of said "Okay." So I'm naturally suspicious, so I asked her if she liked me. To which she responded, "Yes." This obviously caused copious amounts of over-joyous celebration. And then things went downhill from there. Apparently, she has a list of "requirements" and I don't meet all these requirements. The biggest factor? Religion. She's very Christian, and I'm just nothing. I don't really believe in anything, although I guess you could call me Agnostic. Holy crap, this is dragging on, let me finish this up. She basically said after that, what the title says. "I like you, but I don't want to go out with you." And I'm just confused about that, because that's a contradiction. You can't say you like someone, but you don't want to date them. I mean, we both like each other, so the next logical step is to try it out. If it doesn't work, so be it, we'll still be best friends. Eventually, we both decided to just leave it for now and come back to it at a later date. But I can't just leave it alone. I've already gotten advice from friends, and they basically said to kind of ease into things. They said I should like ask her to go somewhere with a group of friends, and then gradually lessen the amount of friends until it's just the two of us. And that sounds like sound advice, I just want to hear from my fellow Escapists.
Sorry for the minor wall of text, but I just need some more advice. And I know people are probably sick of seeing threads like this, I'm sorry.
Sorry for the minor wall of text, but I just need some more advice. And I know people are probably sick of seeing threads like this, I'm sorry.