When you’re single and you don’t want to be, the next steps feel pretty obvious.
You hop on Tinder. You ask people out. You go to bars and start conversations. You finally approach your office crush.
But when you have a friendship crush (that’s someone you desperately want to be your friend), or you’d generally quite like to up the number of friends you have, things become a little more complicated.
Half of us wouldn't be comfortable talking about mental health at workAsking someone to be your friend – or even to spend time together in a friendly way – feels terrifying. So much more terrifying than doing a casual flirt.
There are many, many reasons why.
There’s the acute fear of rejection, that, unlike dating, can only be blamed on who you are as a person rather than their sexual preferences.
There’s the worry that they’ll think you’re hitting on them.
There’s the overwhelming… Read the full story