Male/Female friendship advice required please.............?

When your close male friend asks you casually in the middle of a conversation


';what will it take for you to fall out of love with me?';


does that really mean that he believes i have feelings for him, or would it be just a little joke?





It was out of the blue...we joke a lot but none of the jokes involve anything about being attracted to one another, usually, its just something like him taking the mickey out of me or vice versa (eg, i say that he sounds like a girl on the phone)





Our friendship is like every other male/female friendship, we joke a lot and are quite close, and only rarely we flirt (just because we're bored) - we speak on the phone sometimes as friends, but now im starting to think he may believe that im falling for him and so maybe he's trying to hint this to me...do guys do this or am i just being paranoid?





what do you think?





Thanks for any advice, this is bugging me...





P.S. Im not sure how i feel for himMale/Female friendship advice required please.............?
Speaking as a bloke, I would quite honestly say that he may well have feelings for you, and is somehow trying to test the water to see what you feel for him.





If he asks you what it would take for you to fall out of love with him, I would say that he's kind of hoping you'll say you'll never fall out of love with him, which may give him an indication in his rationale that you have feelings for him.





I could be wrong but, to be honest, it's the kind of thing that I might have done myself :-)





As to what to do about it, well... I really can't answer that one lol. Wish you the best for your situation anyhow :-)Male/Female friendship advice required please.............?
hmmm, not sure, try not to analyse it too much or if it is really bugging you just ask him. I'm sure if you are good friends it is something you could talk about.
Well sounds li8ke he either has a really big ego and is giving you the hint he doesnt want to become your partner, or he is joking around or perhaps he is joking around saying that because he has feelings for you but is scared to say it and is trying to make you say it for him. sorry you really just gotta talk to him about this one it is hard to know what another person is thinking, just say to him look this is really confusing me, and i was wondering are trying to tell me something by saying these things, do you like me?, but b4 you do this get your feelings for him straight yes you do or no you dont it will come up if you dont figure that out first.
It would be my guess that he's fishing for what isn't on his line at the moment. In other words, he's asking how you feel about him without asking THE question. It's frank discussion time.
when i used to have guy friends (before i had kids and a relationship) i would flirt alot and some guys would say stuff like that but they were just kidding because they thought they were attractive but just say the same back and see how he takes it and see if hes serious or not
hi,i would let this remark go this time and try not to look too much into it but if it happens again maybe you should just ask him outright before it gets too complicated and you end up risking a good friendship.really hope this helps.
Platonic friendships with men/women are great, but I have always had a suspicion that men secretly tell themselves you fancy them - it's an ego boost thing, I think (guys, don't mean to generalise here, just speaking from own experiences!).





Then again, it was a funny thing to say, so could be completely innocent... as with all friends, you should just bring it up one day ';You know the other day you said about me being in love with you - what did you mean by that...?'; etc and just put it on the table so he can explain and most likely put your mind at rest.





You not being sure about how you feel about him is another matter - like guys, I guess sometimes we feel the lines get blurred with platonic relationships - we are programmed to spend time with a member of the opposite sex who is our 'mate' (and I mean in reproductive sense, not 'pal' sense!) so maybe that's why it's a bit confusing? If you find yourself not paying attention to other guys and only him, maybe you do like him - therefore again, you should probably put it on the table and see how he feels and from there, you'll know how to progress. If he's a true friend, he'll still be a friend after the conversation...
men and women can only be friends if the woman doesnt fancy the man and the man isnt in love with the woman. men will mostly shag any girl friend or no friend if she suggests it so women are in control of how far the relationship goes.


from what he said he is probably gagging for a shag or in love with you. whichever, its up to you where this goes and whether to ignore it or pursue it.