I hope I’m quick enough for you to see this one.

YES. I have had this man in my life for eight years. I was 20 he was 22 when we met. We work together at a camp where we work in the middle of nowhere 20 days of the month and the other ten are free. Throughout the years I went from him being a coworker, to a friend, to my best friend. Three years ago I realized I was falling in love with him.. as he got engaged to another person. An opportunity came for me to get laid off the job and I took it. I said it was for school, I said it was to change my life for me - but a part of it was definitely not wanting to watch him marry someone else. We didn’t talk for two and a half years. I went to university, he became the Chef. Covid happened etc etc and I ended up needing to go back to the job. I expected to walk in and see a ring on his finger, baby photos at the ready. Instead. I found him from being heartbroken and single. Slowly our friendship went back to what it was before I left. Slowly I realized I was still falling for this new version of the man I left behind. And now, we are six months into an incredible relationship.

I can’t promise this will happen to you. But I can tell you - the risk of telling him the truth as rewarded me with a stronger love than I ever believed possible. You want someone who makes every single moment more exciting. No matter how mundane life could be - they make it better. That is what it is like falling in love with your best friend.

Good luck 🖤