I kinda have a huge problem at the moment. As everybody of you knows, I always said I'm in love with Nadia. What I didn't tell you was that we decided to "just" be friends for ever and that was okay with me, knowing that friendship is worth much more than "real" love in that case.

All hell broke loose yesterday when I realized how strangely enchanted and affected I am by another member of this community (which must have been pretty obvious without me really knowing in the past days). I didn't know how it happened, but I told her that I love her and she told me she loves me, too. Now I'm really fighting to get a grip on the situation because I really don't have a clue how to handle it. We both know that this is based on friendship, too, however I doubt that it will stay that way.

I know I must sound like a bastard that is evaluating which girl would be the better choice, but that is simply not true. I love both of them as friends, and I don't want to lose any of them.

So, I'm asking you, do you think that a person can love someone as a friend, leaving any wish of physical contact completly aside (which I do) and be off telling them they love them? Or, in other words, can friends say "I love you" to each other without becoming lovers in a physical meaning?