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Hi Reddit,

My best friend Jake and I have known each other since we were kids and have been inseparable since I can remember. He knows me better than anyone else and I feel completely at ease with him. 

When we were younger our friendship wasn't that big of a deal and people were always joking about how we are like a married couple and in a lot of ways we are, we are very attached to each other, we call each other each day, he is the first one I call when I had a bad day and we were practically a couple be we aren't in love.

Jake is asexual and recently I started to think that what we have together is enough for him relationship wise but it isn't for me.

I started seeing this amazing guy, Michael, a couple of months ago and wheras with other guys I always chose Jake over them I finally see myself having a future with someone. A couple of days ago he told me over dinner that he wanted me to change my relationship with Jake, he said it wasn't normal and that he couldn't help but feel jealous about how close we were and I agree with him, I really do.

I really want to continue my relationship with Michael and I know that I have to change the way Jake and I are with each other but it scares me. We love each other on such a deep -yet- platonic level and while I always knew it couldn't be like this forever I'm scared I'll lose my best friend in the whole wide world. But I want to pursue a future with someone that I love as a romantic partner and that person is Michael. 

There is also this nagging feeling that I'm making a mistake, my best friend of 17 years versus my boyfriend of 6 months. What if I throw 17 years down the drain?

My question is; how do I change my friendship of seventeen years without hurting Jake and what are the boundaries that definitely have to be set?
<bot>: In order to continue the relationship with my boyfriend I need to take a step back in the relationship I have with my best friend, how do I handle this?