<human>: I've got this wonderful woman in my life. We met our first year of college and have been best friend ever since. Along the way it has been complicated with various things. Right after first meeting we tried dating, we decided it wasn't working for either of us and broke up but remained friends. Over the past 18mo we've become best friends. She went through 2 short relationships with the same guy and broke up twice, this most recent vowing not to go back. I've been her go-to person ever since we broke up. We talk about everything and anything, we have similar interests and enjoy each other's company.

When she broke up with her boyfriend the 2nd and most recent time she had some emotional difficulties that she came to me with. Over the course of a month or so she realized how much I care for her, and has started reciprocating and caring more for me. I've always been looking out for her best interest in everything, I'm not sure why. It's the position I've grown into. Recently we had a few conversations about our relationship and what we want out of it. The conclusion was inconclusive.

We've always been close, and we do lots together. Recently we started non-sexually sleeping together occasionally. That progressed to being more physically intimate in private and then having sex a few times. Now she is comfortable holding my hand in public and kissing me when we part ways.

We have awesome communication and can discuss our relationship openly, but we cant decide what we're doing right now. She mostly refuses to call me her boyfriend, and I don't really want to call her my girlfriend(we mostly joke about it),  but from the relationships around me I know we're closer and more communicative than most. She just wants to wait and see what happens, and while I don't mind that I want to know how seriously to take this.

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<bot>: Not sure my relationship status with my best friend and where to go from here. We have great communication, have fun together, and have a very healthy sex life, but are not "in a relationship."