<human>: I've been friends with an amazing guy for all my four years of college. He's two years ahead of me in school, so even though we have a lot of chemistry, timing has always been pretty bad as far as dating is concerned. We both travel frequently and have studied abroad independently of each other. He currently lives out of state and is applying for graduate school, while I'm finishing my senior year of college and have a job offer in the immediate area. 

We have always been in this weird limbo where we go on dates, cuddle, and share romantic sentiments with each other, but are unable to start anything real because of the distance. He says he really likes me and would absolutely want to be my boyfriend if I lived closer. When we're apart, we skype and text regularly and have a strong foundation of friendship. I'm getting to the point where I really wanna be with him, even if it means hampering my career. My crush has lasted four years and has only grown over time, so it's more than simple chemistry. He has only had a couple crushes his whole life and I'm one of them, and he's made it clear that I'm special to him too.

Understandably, he doesn't want either of us to compromise our careers for each other. It'd be a huge leap for one of us to move when we're not officially in a relationship yet. I'm going to try to live in his area temporarily over the summer so we can be near each other and he's really excited to see me.

Does anyone have any other ideas of what we can do to make it work, other than long distance? I'm getting really discouraged.

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<bot>: I want to date my long distance friend and he wants to date me too. How can we make it work without taking a giant leap of faith?