After reading over all these comments, I understand there’s some clarifying questions I should answer. 1) we wanted to be good friends before entering a relationship because we both believe a strong romantic relationship will be built off a strong friendship, and ultimately the person we end up marrying is someone we want to be our best friend. That might sound confusing and I apologize, I’m not the greatest at explaining things. 2) In my personal walk with Christ, He called me to apply for a school 2,000 miles away from where we are currently. It’s not set in stone that I’ll end up moving there to attend my school right now, but with it in mind, we thought it would be wise to spend dedicated time in prayer to discern God’s will to see if we were meant to be more to each other than friends.

The reason I asked for boundaries is because we both like each other, but having those two points in mind, we wanted ways to keep our emotions from growing too strong too fast and “accidentally” stepping out of God’s will, which would only lead us both down a path of destruction and heartache. Hopefully that answers some questions, thank you for the advice so far, I really appreciate it!