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[quote=Anonymous]You know, both my wife and I have some very good friendships with people of the opposite sexes.  The key is that there is not romantic or emotional tension in the relationships. If you have that, as you identify, then it is important for you to decrease your exposure to this person until that emotional/romantic edge dissipates, not hope that it will.  That type of tension builds with proximity, and dissipates with distance.  The closer you are to the person, the more time you spend with them, the more the attraction builds as you have the interest but without any progress or conclusion.  Continuing to maintain this relationship will likely intensify the feelings.  So, you put some distance in the relationship, only see the person in group settings where there is a built-in protection against anything happening, decrease the number of times you spend with the person until the feelings pass.  Once they pass, you can spend more time with the person and allow more one-on-one time with them when there isn't a danger of the physical attraction becoming an issue.[/quote]

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