u/Illustrious_Art5923

So me and her have been texting almost every night for a couple months now and we only stop texting once one of us says we're tired and have to go to bed for the night. The conversation have ranged from super casual "how do you feel about this food" "how was your day" to much deeper and more serious personal topics. And there's been a couple times where I feel like she's said a couple things that could have referenced us being together as a couple. We see each other every week but it's not really a time to hang out (we have work to do) and she lives almost an hour from me so we don't get to hang out in person much but when we do it's usually with one of our other friends.

However, there was one time a few months ago when we went to an amusement park and our other friend couldn't go so she asked if it was ok if just me and her went and I said yes. We talked A LOT that day and later in the day there were a couple times where she laid her head on my shoulder (I got super scared and froze every time she did it AHHH). When we got home that night she texted me saying how much fun she had and we should go more often. The problem is that this was the time in the year when we were both crazy busy and literally could not hang out at all (we still kept texting every night though!).

So fast forward until last week we went to a music festival together (we had planned to go to this festival together about the time she started texting me every night), this festival was the first time we had really hung out since the amusement park because of our schedules. Again, there were a couple times throughout the day where she laid her head on my shoulder but the big thing for me was at one point we had to run from one stage to the other to catch the band we wanted to see and she grabbed my hand and we both started running. This was halfway through the day and she had never before this done anything to make sure she didn't lose me in the crowd. And I had so many other things on me that she could've grabbed to not lose me but she chose to grab my hand. Whenever we were walking anywhere the rest of the day we were holding hands and for one of the bands we saw we stood and held hands for the entire show. And I even had the courage to not freeze up one of the times she laid her head on my shoulder and I laid my head on her head and we just sat there for a while it was really nice.

But even after all this we've never explicitly said we're dating and I don't know how to confront her about it. She's the most caring person I've ever met and the last thing I want to do is lose my friendship with her but it's not healthy for me to keep beating myself back and forth on whether we're dating. I don't know if it's more appropriate to ask her on a date or ask her for clarity on if we're already dating?

tl;dr my close friend has been texting me every night and there's been times when we've gotten close and held hands but I don't know how to confront her on of we're dating or not

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So me (19M) and my friend (18F) have been friends for a minute, all of a sudden she starts texting me just wanting to talk, not about anything in particular she just wanted to see how my day had been and wanted someone to talk too. Fast forward to now and we have been texting almost every night for 4 months. Most times the texting sessions get to a point where we would talk about how close we were and sometimes she even said some things that I feel could have suggested us being in a relationship and sometimes she's explicitly referenced us being married or living together. We even made plans super far in advance for just the two of us to go to this big music festival which is now next week.

Now this was only over text so I wasn't going to make assumptions that she liked me but about two months ago now we went to a theme park together (we were going to go with another one of our friends but she cancelled so it was just us two) and we talked A LOT that day along the same lines of things we'd text about and even had some more serious conversations. On top of that in EVERY line we waited in that day there were multiple times where she did some or a combination of putting her hand around my waist, leaning on me, laying her head on my shoulder, ect. This was where I pretty much realized that she most likely did have feelings for me.

Now I've never been in a relationship before so this is all completely new to me, but I got the idea that it would be great to ask her out at the music festival since we were both really excited for it.

Since then everythings continued to go as normal, texting every night, making plans, she's been super busy the last two months so we haven't been able to hang out but we put together a whole checklist of things we would together over the summer. But then all of a sudden last week I noticed she was texting me less, and when I did start a conversation with her it never really got to the same levels it did prior. But I just figured she was busy as usual and moved on.

Today we went back to the theme park. This time it was with the friend who canceled last time but she had another complication and didn't come until much later in the day. When it was just the two of us, conversation barely felt alive, we sat in silence most of the lines, we still talked a bit but nothing like before. When our friend arrived, she moved to her and rarely interacted with me for the rest of the day. When it came time to leave she didn't even give me a hug which she's INSISTED on doing prior times we've hung out.

I've been planning on asking her out for about two months now. And I'm afraid I've waited too long and she's lost interest. One week before the festival where I planned to ask her out.

Idk if I'm just overthinking this but I've been going back and forth in my head on wether she still likes me and just had an off day today or if she's moved on. I have to ask her about our relationship sometime this week or at the festival. It's unhealthy for me to sit here and beat myself up over it. I have no problem if she says no since she means the world to me and I would love to develop an even closer friendship without the romantic confusion on my part. I just have no idea where to begin since I feel like straight up asking her out doesn't feel appropriate anymore.