<human>: Hey, I'm 20 years old and got out of a 2-year college relationship approximately a month ago. I'm going through the process of healing surprisingly fast, almost never think of my ex, and the girl I've had a huge crush on for almost 3 years now is starting to hang out with me a lot and snapchats/texts me often now. Of course, I'm loving this, but he problem is, we go to different schools and are only home during breaks.

I don't mean to sound like I'm putting her on an unrealistic pedestal, but she's pretty close to perfect. It's as if she fits all my criteria for someone I want to be with, and every time we hang out I seem to learn something more about her that I like. All I know is I feel like I wanna tell her how I feel, but I really don't want to mess up our friendship.

Basically, I like her a lot. I want to let her know so I can find out if she likes me the same way, because she's sent some stuff that could go either way. Is there a way to minimize the risk of losing her as a friend? How would you react to someone you've been friends with telling you they're into you? I'm not sure what I want, all I know is how I feel about her.

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<bot>: Huge crush on girl for 3 years now. Both of us are now single, but only home for breaks. How can I minimize the risk of harming our friendship if/when I tell her how I feel?