soooo... its better regretting later than speaking your heart out (if you are not sure about feelings from the other side) ?
Speak your heart out man. Because eventually, friendship will deteriorate anyway, i.e. when she gets married, has a boyfriend, etc.
I ahve a friend who has clearly hinted that he likes me. Unfortunately for him i do not feel the same way, so im thinking before he clearly tells me his 'feelings' for me, i do not want to hurt him as i will feel really bad; just make something up and say i have met someone?
Funny this thread came up- its something similar which happened to me-
I was friends with a guy for almost 6 years and we talked almost everyday, were the best of friends and always there for one another. Never did it ever cross my mind that i'd start liking him or he would start liking me, we were always so open with one another. Until we matured and did fall for each other. We decided to go further with our relationship and make it official and talk about marriage and stuff. When it got to that point for somereason no matter how hard i tried it wouldn't click with me. We would talk about marriage and everything and plan so much out but it always made me feel different. It wouldn't stick in my head that he is somebody i am making plans with to marry. My feelings changed and i couldn't think of him as anything more than just best friends. I didnt want to hurt him or myself in the future, because i didnt want him loving me and I have to compromise. So i told him how i felt, and i hurt him alot. I had caused so much pain to him and i regret it alot. If it wasn't for him i wouldn't be here on GS. and if he's reading this, i just want to apologise, i am sorry till today. Its been almost 2 years but i still regret losing u as a friend. I hope you are happy where ever you are. May Allah guide u in the safest way.
A question similar to some asked... the classic "but she's a good friend" case...
If you are a female and friends with a guy and the guy proposes. Now, you do like the guy a lot as a friend, but not in 'that' romantic sense, and so you do turn him down.
Does that effect your friendship? In what way?
If you do not have a romantic interest in the your guy-friend, then it's best to turn him down. Because as a friend you wouldn't want to mislead him and he should be with someone who will reciprocate his feelings.
Does that affect your friendship? Well, it can potentially affect your friendship depending on the guy. Rejection is undoubtedly painful irrespective of whether the individual is a male or female. But some people are able to put their pride to the side and try their best to establish normalcy and resume the friendship....because they value the friendship too much to break all ties with the person. On the other hand, some people prefer to maintain a distance after becoming rejected because they feel that avoidance helps them to move on. Everyone is different.
Oh i have an interesting story ............... i developed feelings for my best friend ...........but i don't wanted to lose him so never told him...........but year and half ago my parents start looking a guy for me (for marriage) ,............i wanted to tell my parents about him but i didn't know that either he has feeling for me or not ,so i didn't tell my parents. nd when feelings got out of control i decided to back off from him...........so one day i put all my courage together and decided that i am gona tell him that we cant be friend for long because soon i am gona be engaged to someone els..............he came online..(he is in Pak nd i am in NZ).....nd there i was putting the words together ............he was joking around as usual.....nd boom he goes " will u marry me"..(Allah listens closely)..............my heart just stopped. hahahah i didnt even know what to say ...so i go ahhh ask my parents....hahahahha he goes pehly yeh tu pata chly that mein tumhay passand hon key nahi pir parents sey pocho ga na...................hahaha he told me he had feelings 4 me as well but he was also scared of losing me as a friend.
yeah i said yes..............now in April my parents said yes to his parents. its been a year since he proposed me nd we are still best friends (ALLHA KA SHUKAR HAI).........................
how nice 
What on earth made you write that??? 
kakay! tera vi koi haal nae
Re: how does ‘friendship’ change if you propose?
^ u dont know, infact u dont know any thing, infact no one knows anything except ‘fillintheblanks’ 