Hey guys here and welcome to wait it out. I just forgot the name of the

podcast a podcast all about dating relationships and other things worth waiting for

today. I'm going to be taking a question from my Instagram dims and excuse me the question is

Thank you for the advice that's how it starts off that's really kind that's very

presumptuous because I don't really know if I'm going to be able to offer anything great or not.

Okay, so they said, is it a good idea to stay as really close friends with an intention of perhaps

getting married in the future? Pretty long-term stuff. We are, that was

in parentheses, we are able to communicate this properly, not worried about losing the other

person but have decided to support each other. We are doing pretty well I believe if that makes sense we are just

both not ready to get married like you guys. Okay so here are my thoughts.

Everything that I'm gonna say I don't know people's ages and they send me DMs

because if you guys were like 12 which

you probably shouldn't be listening to this then that be kind of creepy for me as like a grown-up to be like

severe ages so I'm assuming this person is between the ages of like 17 and 23 just based

on the way things are worded and their Instagram photo. So yeah let's assume

that you're like young college age or you know just post high school.

And the question is is a good to as a good state as really close friends with an intention of perhaps getting married in the future.

I don't think there's anything wrong with staying close friends with someone that you really

care about and someone that you really think is a wonderful human being.

You know, if this is the kind of person that you would see yourself marrying in the future in the context of, you know, you think they are, you think that they have great character, you think they're really kind, you think they're really loving, you know, think that they're

really fun to be around, they make you laugh, you enjoy some of the same foods,

you like to go watch the same movies, and they just happen to be attractive.

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