https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/7520/confuzzed Ok, I have this male friend who lives away from me and doesn&#39;t drive. He&#39;s 7 years older than me and we &#39;spark&#39; when we&#39;re together. we thought about &#39;giving it a go&#39; but he&#39;s such a wonderful friend i don&#39;t want to lose that if it all goes *** up. ween-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73990?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:59 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:5f298b74-9cc4-4937-9843-7fa94233f5deJu_xx<p>Me and my other half were good friends before we got together and we were scared if it all went pear shaped we would lose a friend each too.&nbsp; 6 years later and ive never been happier, just bought first house :) ok so not long distance in our case but im so glad we decided we would never know if we didnt try it!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73730?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:42:36 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:2c3b7f88-9c93-4692-bc9b-69d813bae38eStephSVN<p>I too was friends with my OH before we got together, only for a couple of years at 6th form college - but had done Duke of Edinburgh expeditions together so spent quite a lot of time together! He liked me from the start, but took me&nbsp;a while to realise!</p> <p>In the beginning, I only agreed to go out with him because I knew he was going to uni in a couple of months so I had an easy &#39;get out&#39; (not ideal I know!). But, in July it&#39;ll be 6 years, and has been long distance (2 hours) for the majority of that due to him then me being away at uni. Things are better than ever and I can&#39;t wait for the summer when I leave uni and we will FINALLY be moving in together! :-)</p> <p>I think if you are both mature about it, be honest about being scared of losing him as a friend and take it slowly so that it will be easier to go back to being friends if it doesn&#39;t work initially, its worth the risk!</p> <p>If it doesn&#39;t work, the distance may help because it will be easier to have a bit of distance and go back to being friends than it would if you lived in the same area.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/73717?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:44:56 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:aed23389-54fa-4a11-9032-848b9f8d42aaClaire Cameron<p>My boyfriend was my friend before we got together. Went to school together. Always liked each other but never knew how the other felt. We got together in July 2009 and I&#39;ve never been happier. He&#39;s the best thing to ever happen to me. I was terrified that if it didn&#39;t work I&#39;d lose a great friend but the chance of him being &#39;the one&#39; (which he is) outweighed that entirely. </p> <p>I&#39;d go for it. If it ends up half as well as my relationship is you&#39;ll be so happy.</p> <p>Good luck. PM me if you want x</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>