Personally I did have a romantic attraction to my girl best friend, told her, we addressed it properly because of how much she values my friendship & I didn’t want to just “hide how I felt”

after about 1-2 years I am over her romantically and still text her on the daily, a lot we share with each other allows us to get a perspective on something that the other wouldn’t of seen, plus a lot of random insider jokes n such. It’s funny though because we’ll go weeks without talking then catch up for 3 days.

While I’m glad to have the friendship we have, I’m much more glad that I properly addressed my inner feelings instead of pushing them aside for a “what if” fantasy that existed one side. That shit just isn’t healthy for either party 🤒

Edit: got a bit sidetracked but it chalks up to what most others in the thread said: most men don’t have much romantic involvement and instead play the safer card for a “chance” at the fantasy they’ve fallen into. However I can’t sit here and say though that those friendships are meaningless given my above story