Like others have said I believe that the best thing is to marry your best friend. It makes for the best marriages because not only do you love the person you enjoy spending time with them.

I know that I happen to have fell in love with what was my best guy friend and it really was great. It sucked that he didn't feel the same way but not only did we get along great I truly wanted to be with him and be there for him no matter what.

I also think emotions are not cut and dry. You can have friends you love and friends who you don't. You can also have people you love but aren't friendly with. I have both in my life and it can and does get very complicated. All I can say is life is complicated and when people experience more they learn to expand their definitions of what all kinds of relationships are.