[Adam doesn't mean anything specific, although he does have certain very specific suspicions regarding how one response to this post was Very Different and much more personal than the others.]
Existing means the risk of messing up, and caring for someone means the risk of losing them. If you engage in a romantic relationship--drawing a conclusion here from the information provided--and it doesn't succeed you might sour the friendship. If you refuse, that might sour the relationship.
Risk cannot be avoided, but it can be calculated for. If you risk losing them entirely, then make it worth it. Evaluate what you want, evaluate what they want, and choose the course that best provides for those variables.
[See? Love can be reduced to logical hypotheticals! High five.]
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[Adam doesn't mean anything specific, although he does have certain very specific suspicions regarding how one response to this post was Very Different and much more personal than the others.]
Existing means the risk of messing up, and caring for someone means the risk of losing them. If you engage in a romantic relationship--drawing a conclusion here from the information provided--and it doesn't succeed you might sour the friendship. If you refuse, that might sour the relationship.
Risk cannot be avoided, but it can be calculated for. If you risk losing them entirely, then make it worth it. Evaluate what you want, evaluate what they want, and choose the course that best provides for those variables.
[See? Love can be reduced to logical hypotheticals! High five.]