Gay folks, how do you handle having a crush on your friend

If it were me I would go for it. I usually start talking about sex and perverted shit and see how they respond, but I've been lucky in that the girls I was interested in ended up being interested in me too (but that was how I tested the waters).   reply

[Sorry, reposting bc I accidentally replied under someone's reply]. Falling for friends is very common and nothing to be ashamed of. This happened to me more times than I'm willing to admit. But twice, ten years apart, I was down so bad that I acted on it. The first time it happened, both of us were dumb and young enough to think the physical relat......   reply

Okay, so here’s what you have to understand, if she’s straight then it’s a no go, but if she’s not then try light flirting and get closer, you know? I’m a bi dude, so when I had a crush on said guy, which was straight but did non straight things with me, it was confusing. I’d say simply be her friend, and observe if she’s interested......   reply

Bro, don't open this can of worms for me. The flashbacks of 'we just do this stuff during sleepovers sometimes, but we're just best friends and school mates who mess around, but like only when the time is right so I yearn for her for months on end, hoping she breaks up to have rebound sex with me', this shit HURTS! All the times she broke up with n......   reply

well idk, she kissed me, touched me, claimed she was straight, then got a bf, told him about the things we did, then he didn't like it (hes homophobic btw), so then in order to appease him she started spreading rumors that i raped her. So idk.   reply