Never date your best friend, but the second or preferably the third runner up. Unless you are 99% certain your bff is the person you plan to marry and build a life with Simply because once the boundary of a platonic friendship is broken it is a 50/50 shot you will ruin the friendship because statistically it it the same odds that a marriage will fail. If you are willing to live without your bff forever if something goes wrong, choose very wisely.
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