Is it really such a bad thing?

Is having falling in love with your best friend the worst thing in the world?

 I don't exactly get the tragedy of falling in love with the one person in the world who gets you, who's been with you through all your life's turmoil, tragedies and breakdowns? The one constant person in your life, the only human being you can rely on whenever because you know you'd drop blocks of gold you've just stumbled on to rush to their rescue; the only other being you love besides yourself?


 
Isn't the guy or girl who laughs at your dumb jokes and finishes your sentences and reads your thoughts your true soul mate? The man or woman of your dreams? The person you can spend your life with? After all, what is the rest of your life with the history you have, all the years you have known each other? 


Those many decades we so dread in marriage will fly past with laughter, old memories, good times and happiness.


 
Tell me how you could possibly have an issue with your best friend when they're no secrets between the two of you? How??!! 


Can you imagine the beauty of dating a person with whom you don't have to delicately explain your many (some more than others), past mistakes, screw ups, regrets and why they're coming to haunt your relationship now? 
Even better, never having to have the misfortune of your current man/woman ruthlessly discovering your unfortunate misgivings of the past, that's followed by a nasty fight that could leave your relationship scarred forever because of something one of you might have said in the heat of your spat. Sigh!!


 
The only risk best friends dating face is the raised stakes their relationship presents; if you lose each other, you risk losing everything but then again, you could lose the best thing that could have ever happened to the both of you. 


Yeah, I see the dilemma but didn't someone once say that anything worth doing is worth a risk? That limb you go out on may be the best decision of your life. Marrying your best friend with whom you share a level of deep comfort and understanding works beautifully without all the awkwardness of learning and discovering a complete stranger. 


With your best pal, your friendship will always be the cushioning you can fall back on. What happens when you discover things you simply can't live without too late? Then what do you do?


 


  My aunt's soul mate was her best pal for 16 years, 35 years down the line, they're still happily married. I'm not saying it's a sure thing things always work out, but my reasoning is, how could you go wrong with someone you've known for ages,, so long as you're reasons are not comfort and convenience but are driven by a deep passion for each other you guys shouldn't go wrong.

Been thinking about this for awhile, my two cents.