RELATIONSHIP ADVICE NEEDED please help!!!?

okay so me and one of my guys friends have been really good friends for a long time. we met through our parents and have really gotten to know each other and be close over the years. although he doesnt know this, im totally in love with him. i'm not sure if he likes me back..sometimes i think he does, sometimes i think he sees me as a friend. i want to work on taking our relationship to that level and seeing what happens, but im worried about the effects that this will have long-term. i really want him to be a part of my life for as long as possible. things are a little complicated for us right now, and there would be a lot of barriers for us to overcome if we wanted to be in a relationship. im worried that if start something like that now, it could ruin our chances of being together later. i dont want to risk a future together, which is what i really want, for a shortlived relationship now. so i guess i could wait until were both a little older, things arent so complicated and really give us a chance, but..im not sure if i can wait that long. i really love him, and i want to know if he feels the same way. what if we wait TOO long? and one of us loses interest, or it fades, or we meet other people and our lives just move in different directions, and theres no way that we'll ever have a future together? im not sure if i should wait to tell him how i feel, or do it before its too late, and i regret not ever getting the chance. i dont want to look back and wish i had done something differently. i love him enough to wait, but i also love him so much that i might not be able to. what should i do!?RELATIONSHIP ADVICE NEEDED please help!!!?
In all honesty that's a hard choice. the advice i can give you is that have to think about how big are these barriers? clues are, does he still hang around you and his friends and seem depressed? if he seems a little down but not a hell of a lot then this piece of new could cheer him up. another sign is has he changed personality wise. if not good and visa - versa. be open with him tell him secrets with other don't know let him feel like he's special and see how he takes it. the worst could happen is he might seem a little out for the next week or two and that really is d-day stuff (very unlikely). as you said if you leave it too long you might loose interest so don't leave it too long. restrain that love and keep hold of it letting it leak out but not too much otherwise he might see you differently. flirt with him, as i said make him feel special and ask him out to the movies or what ever. just keep his friends and your away. ask him. remember there nothing wrong with asking a guy out. good luckRELATIONSHIP ADVICE NEEDED please help!!!?
ask if you cant ask than you must not like him that well hey
you can destroy a future cause all you have is the present and you must construct your future, tell him now fight now give it your all now and if it works great and if it doesn't then be glad you at least tried
follow ur heart by this question it looks like u are really wanting to ask him but ur holding back, dont. go ask him. and if he doesnt feel the same just be ok things will be awkward but you will move on and you guys can be friends again, but if u go out, then u guys could be in love and if something happens and u too brake up, u will have to move on and get over him, either way, u will still be friends in the end if it doesnt work out, after the brake up be friends with him again, or if he doesnt feel the same yes u will be heart broken but atleast you will know, and you wouldnt regret it because u wont have to know and wounder all those years what he would have said, in the end if it doesnt work out u will be friends and u will have ur answer and something good might just come out of u asking him now, i say go for it
Just get a friend to ask when you are not there.





Get them to say something casual like 'I think you two would make a great couple'


If he laughs and says he does not see you that way then your friend can tell you.
its okay! if ya'll hook up and break up later ya'll can still be friends! i mean im still friends with some of my old bf's
Love conquers ALL. If you love him go for it. Life is short and not guaranteed. If it doesn't work out... you learned from it and move on. Don't waste time is my central theme. Good Luck!
This is simple..Be yourself. Ask him simply how he feels about you. If he says that he likes you then ask him how so?..If he says he likes you more than a friend then tell him how you feel. At least this way you will know how he feels. Tell him how much you care about him and that you love him. The way I see it he either likes you as a friend or more than a friend.. You;ve got nothing to lose. Just ask him how he feels and tell him how you feel.