Hey! I don’t know if you still need advice but I would like to share my experience with you.
I’m pretty much dating my best friend. We met 4 years ago with the intentions of dating, however, that never happened. We were in different points in our lives where we didn’t know what or who we really wanted. As time went on, we have been on and off. We knew we had feelings for each other but like I said, we really didn’t know what or who we wanted. It was hard to be able to form a relationship when our feelings are being “denied” because of where we were in our lives. So I guess you could say right person, wrong time. When we knew we needed to focus on ourselves first, we developed a friendship. Honestly, I’m glad we did. Being friends first can really help to form a serious relationship because you already established a foundation between each other. Now, it is possible to just be friends and nothing more. Hearing “I just think we should be friends, I don’t want to ruin the friendship” is heartbreaking, especially when you have feelings for the person. I’ve heard it plenty of times… but as time went on, our lives were moving in a good direction, individually. Eventually our feelings became more prominent and it led to a real relationship.
So, what I’m trying to say is that, you have to really look at your life (where you are at in life) and decide if it’s time for a relationship. Just because you have feelings for someone doesn’t entirely mean it’s the right time to be with them. You two have to be on the same page. So you have to talk to him. I know it’s hard but how will you know if anything will progress if you wait for him to say something? Sometimes you have to make the first move and this is the time. If you really like him and want to be with him, then tell him. Relationships aren’t supposed to be easy. There will be things you have to work on to make it happen, and communication is where to start!
I hope this helped. I hope I wasn’t too late in responding lol.