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I feel a lot of affection for a friend at work – could I be in love? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
Would you want this to become sexual? If the answer is yes, then think about what might be holding you back I don’t know whether I am in love with my friend or not. We hang out a lot, because we work together in the same university. My feelings developed over many months and it took us a long time to fit with each other as we do now. I don’t find him perfect ; I sometimes don’t like his behaviour, especially when we are with other people. However, I want to be with him a lot: I imagine going on holiday with him and doing things together. We do have physical contact sometimes – just things like touching arms . I appreciate that and have deep affection for him . So I wonder if this could be love or if I am mistaking great friendship with love just because he is a guy . I do not know whether he is a friend, almost like a brother, or more than that. Continue rea
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Would you want this to become sexual? If the answer is yes, then think about what might be holding you back I don’t know whether I am in love with my friend or not. We hang out a lot, because we work together in the same university. My feelings developed over many months and it took us a long time to fit with each other as we do now. I don’t find him perfect ; I sometimes don’t like his behaviour, especially when we are with other people. However, I want to be with him a lot: I imagine going on holiday with him and doing things together. We do have physical contact sometimes – just things like touching arms . I appreciate that and have deep affection for him . So I wonder if this could be love or if I am mistaking great friendship with love just because he is a guy . I do not know whether he is a friend, almost like a brother, or more than that. Continue rea
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According to The Guardian’s linked item, I feel a lot of affection for a friend at work – could I be in love? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri, Would you want this to become sexual? If the answer is yes, then think about what might be holding you back I don’t know whether I am in love with my friend or not. We hang out a lot, because we work together in the same university. My feelings developed over many months and it took us a long time to fit with each other as we do now. I don’t find him perfect ; I sometimes don’t like his behaviour, especially when we are with other people. However, I want to be with him a lot: I imagine going on holiday with him and doing things together. We do have physical contact sometimes – just things like touching arms . I appreciate that and have deep affection for him . So I wonder if this could be love or if I am mistaking great friendship with love just because he is a guy . I do not know whether he is a friend, almost like a brother, or more than that. Continue rea
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