Signs You Are In Love With Your Best Friend

You Focus Your Time On Them Over Other People

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You could find yourself wanting to spend every second of your day with them. Even if it's hanging out at their house, in the park, or going to the movies. Nothing will get in your way from doing this, if it even means you are willing to cancel plans with family, friends, or your own plans. Spending time with them is what's most important to you.

There Is A Strong Emotional Connection

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You are able to share your most emotional thoughts and can confide in them about anything. You feel you can be at the most vulnerable with them and not feel any worry about it. Most of all there as the strongest element of trust in your relationship with them.

You Can't Stop Thinking About Them

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When you're chilling out at home watching the TV you could find the thought of them in the back of your mind. You often find yourself playing over previous conversations with them. Even if you're busy with other friends or family, you can't help but feeling excited at the thought of seeing this person again.

You Get Jealous When They're With Someone Else

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The thought of them dating or seeing someone else is unbearable. You think that it's you that they should be with, or you just get an overwhelming feeling of jealousy. You could even try and manipulate the relationship or convincing them their better off without their newfound relationship.

You're Attracted To Them

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To put it simply, you are attracted to them. Being attracted to someone is the first sign of being in love with someone. Their chosen fragrance becomes your favourite smell. You could find that you are simply just physically drawn to them, and no one else you notice doesn't come close in comparison.

You Put Their Needs Before Yours

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You might find that their happiness is more important than anything else in the world. You will do anything and everything in your power to accommodate their needs and to bring them joy, even if it inconveniences you in the slightest. Could this sound familiar?

You Feel Giddy Around Them

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When you are with them you could just find yourself feeling giddy and excited, like there is no where else in the world you would rather be, or no other person you would rather be with than them. You could find yourself stuttering your words in excitement or a boosted sense of sensitiveness.

You Notice The Little Things

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When you are with them you remember the little things about them. Their favorite foods, books, restaurants, the way they smile, their favorite song, that kind of thing. On top of this, you never will forget them, and it is this sort of thing that makes your feelings stronger.

You Share Everything With Them

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Everything that happens in your life, you feel the urge to call them, or text them straight away to tell them. Your favorite team could have won their game and you immediately want to ring them and tell them. Maybe something deeper? Your feelings, your mood. Anything and everything.

You See A Future With Them

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When you think of your future, you could often find yourself on vacation in 10 years time, on the beach with your kids and your partner. However, your partner isn't this dream person you've created in your mind, it's your best friend. That's who you want a future with and that's who you imagine to be in you future.

You Feel Protective Of Them

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The slightest thing could make you worried about them. Or maybe the only time you are truly not worrying about them is when you are with them. You could worry about them when they are alone at night, sad, when they are going through a tough time. All you want to do is comfort them and help them fight their battles.

You Would Never Betray Their Trust

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Like attraction, loyalty and trust are some more crucial elements of a relationship. Everything secretive they tell you, you know deep inside yourself they have told you that in confidence, and to never tell anyone, and you never have, and never will. You know that if you tell anyone you will break that trust.

You Feel Safe With Them

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When in love with your best friend, this could present a feeling of comfort and safety. Nothing like what you feel when you are with other friends. You feel like you can be emotionally vulnerable with them and feel like you are allowed to let your guard down when you are with them.

You Are Willing To Change For Them

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Another sign could be that you are willing to change how you are as a person for them. They don't like something about you, or has something you have done upset then, you are happy to change how you are to make them happy, and to almost gain their approval.

People You Date Just Don't Compare

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You find it difficult to connect to anyone new when you try out dating. You just feel like you can't connect. Do you find yourself on dates comparing them to your best friend? This could be why. You base every person you meet on your best friend, comparing their personality, looks, how they make you feel. It's just every time your best friend comes out on top.

You Want To Be With Them All The Time

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Hanging around with your best friend is always great, but when you are falling in love with someone, chemical processes in your body change. Your body releases adrenaline and serotonin, and this could leave you being genuinely, chemically charmed!

You Seek Attention From Them

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You could all of a sudden desire a certain attention from your best friend. Even if you are in a group of friends you find yourself craving the attention of that special someone. This could be because you are subconsciously seeking their approval, or simply you just want them to notice you so you can spend more time with them.

Other People Start To Notice The Chemistry

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If you are a step further with your best friend but worried about telling people, you might already have your other friends mentioning and spotting the chemistry between the two of you. Sound familiar? Or people come up to you and say things such as, you guys make a wonderful couple

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Every Love Song Reminds You Of Them

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Music is incredible at helping people process their own feeling, whether it's happy feelings, or sad. It's just certain love songs you listen to that make it impossible not to think of your best friend. They may even help develop feelings too. They are also good at getting across your feelings, by showing them certain songs.

You Find Yourself Checking Them Out

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You could all of a sudden see your best friend as someone else. You no longer see them as a friend, but rather a crush. Instead of talking to them feeling completely normal, you could feel yourself starting to blush and catch yourself thinking in your mind, WOW.

You Feel The Need To Mark Your Territory

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If you see your best friend talking to other love interests, it could make you feel a bit jealous. You start posting pictures on social media to mark your territory because you want everyone to know what you want them to know. Obviously you want your friend to be happy, so why can't they be happy with you?

You Daydream About Them

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You could catch yourself fantasising about your best friend when your are going about your day. Thinking about the hypotheticals on your mind. Thinking what life could be like if you guys were in love and together. It makes you happy because it is the only place you can really feel like your best friend is actually your partner.

Compliments From Them Mean More Than From Anyone Else

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Obviously compliments from anyone can boost your mood tenfold. But when your best friend says the simplest you smell nice

, it makes you feel on top of the world and you just want to jump in the air and scream. There is nothing else that makes you feel this way.

You Can't Stop Talking About Them

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You might not realise it, but, in everyday conversations you find yourself not being about to stop talking about your best friend. People might be able to notice. Someone might even say to you, all you talk about is them?!

This is an obvious sign. Talking about your best friends brings you joy and leaves you with a big smile on your face.

You Have Dreams About Them

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This is more of a tell tale sign than daydreaming, because day dreaming you can control. If you dream about them, it's time to have a think about what to do. It mean you are thinking about them without even realising it, subconsciously. They are on your mind even when you are asleep.

You Try To Flirt With Them

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Flirting can be a natural thing. You only really do it with people you are attracted to. Well, if you catch yourself trying to flirt with your best friend, then, well, you could be falling in love with them. Obviously it's brave tactic to try, but if they flirt back, must be good news right?

You Become Shy Around Them

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If you are best friends with someone, you usually know every single thing about them. You have seen them at their lowest and you have seen them at their best. However you could find a sudden shift in how you are around them, you could become shy with rosey cheeks. This is a big sign.

You Finish Each Other's Sentences

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This is a massive thing. This means that you are so in sync that you subconsciously predict what the other is going to say. People could maybe find it annoying, but to you it's so endearing and it means that there actually could be something between you and your best friend.

You Get On With Their Family

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If you want a relationship with someone, a huge factor in one is that they get on with your family, and you there's. But because you are best friends, this is already a thing! If your best friends family consider you part of the clan, this is a good sign, and it means you don't need approval from your best friends family if you were to pursue the relationship.

The Sound Of Their Laugh Brings You Joy

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They could have the worst laugh on the planet, it could be loud, squeaky, or that that's reminiscent of a pig snort. But to you its cutest thing and it brings you a slight smile. You will do anything in your power to make your best friend laugh, not only to bring them joy, but just to hear that squeaky, snorty laugh again.