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On a recent post someone mentioned that they liked someone that their best friend also liked. Someone else told them that they should probably leave the "Liked" person alone, specifically because they both had a crush on the same person.
This got me to thinking a bit, when should we step aside and put friendships over potential relationships? I mean, it's highly possible that at some point, friends are going to end up liking the same man/woman. After all, a lot of us have certain friends because we share similar interests, such as hobbies or sports. I don't know about men, but too often, it seems that we women tend to shy away from certain men because our friends like them as well, even though they may prefer us, specifically because of the awkwardness, and not wanting to potentially destroy a friendship.
And this makes me wonder, are we doing each other a disservice? After all, in a perfect world, we would only marry one person. So, are we wrong to say no to someone just because are best friend has a crush too, or should we put are friendship above a potential mate first?
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I'll share my thoughts on this later.
This got me to thinking a bit, when should we step aside and put friendships over potential relationships? I mean, it's highly possible that at some point, friends are going to end up liking the same man/woman. After all, a lot of us have certain friends because we share similar interests, such as hobbies or sports. I don't know about men, but too often, it seems that we women tend to shy away from certain men because our friends like them as well, even though they may prefer us, specifically because of the awkwardness, and not wanting to potentially destroy a friendship.
And this makes me wonder, are we doing each other a disservice? After all, in a perfect world, we would only marry one person. So, are we wrong to say no to someone just because are best friend has a crush too, or should we put are friendship above a potential mate first?
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I'll share my thoughts on this later.