Yes and both times it was negative.

For me it was negative and positive. The timing of it sucked. To be honest lol It was good to go from friendship to something more, that in itself was a positive. Always good to start out as friends, I think. but the rest, its a long story, trust me LOL He ended up with someone else, so that part, is a big negative ..but eh it all works out in the end. I guess. Years later I see it wasn't meant to be. And have him back as a friend and that is better than nothing else. So its better to love, than to lost....then never to have loved, I guess You draw your own conclusion rather its negative or positive, I can see it both ways personally (eh maybe I am just indecisive!!!)

Yes, I am experiencing this right now. I had left my job and while in the process of job hunting, I met up with an old high school friend who wanted to assist me in getting another job, he and I started to go out as friends then we decided to get serious and take relationship to next level, we did, he is now my fiance, we plan to wed in May 2009.

I have dated friends but they have never turned into a I Love You type of relationship. I guess I missed out )-:

i have a lot of friends that I currently love, ( girlfriends) we share very deep bonds..............

It's been great so far. Actually, I could not ask for a better relationship. We have known each other for 18 years, it was just never right for us to get together until now. I would say extremely positive experience.

Not yet....but expecting it....

actually I fell in love with my bf the first time I saw him, then a friendship ensued and that love grew. It was an awesome experience which I play over and over in my mind daily and that was in 1986..

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YES!!!! Its amazing !!!

Yeah and its amazing. I think its better to be mates first :)

Yea, with my current man. :) When we knew each other, we were just friends. We spend couple of hours day - talking and sharing about how the day went and interesting things or people... Sometimes we discuss political issues and we fight over our different opinions... (Friends - people who likes/loves/accepts/trusts you unconditionally.) It is through sharing, arguing, agreeing, laughing, crying..that our friendship develops into a relationship. I would say its a positive experience. :) Whenever we get into an intense fight, we would stop and remember how we know each other so well that we are inseparable. Have you heard...its easy to be lovers when you are best friends; but lovers can never be best friends. Its true for me and my man now. :)

Yes, that is how my husband and I started out. We have been together for 22 years now.

my husband was my boyfriends roommate when we met! he was just one of a group of friends and we spent the summer hanging out and going to the beach, etc... when summer ended i broke up with my boyfriend (with the famously wandering eye) and was sincerely shocked when my boyfriends roommate showed up to see me at the place i was staying. we talked, went to the beach together and he confessed he'd had feelings for me all summer! i never knew and we started going out and.... we are happily married and going strong, almost 30 yrs later! very positive experience, i'd say!

I believe that all "love" relationships need a good deal of friendship in them to ensure they last.

Yeah, it seems to be working out well :)

yes, it was a positive experiance.

Actually, when I met him he asked me out for coffee. I had an excellent time and really liked him, but it was so not the right time. I had just been laid off from my job and was starting a brand new one, and I was having family conflicts as well so I was really stressed out. So I actually wrote him this embarassing email the next day saying the general "I really like you but can we just be friends, I am totally not able to date anyone right now". Which he took very well. So, flash forward six months. During that time we did some perfectly platonic hanging out, and I did honestly think of him as just a friend. We would go to the coffeeshop and chat about stuff, or go to the movies, buddy stuff. But right about at the six month mark I suddenly realized I was very attracted to him. My life had calmed down considerably and I was just more ready to notice him, I guess. But it also seemed to grow up naturally between us. I was extremely worried that he would think I was a flake or playing games with him, but the sexual tension was really undeniable and I knew he was feeling it too, so I came clean. I told him I totally meant it when I said I wanted to be friends, but now I want to be more. And he did too, fortunately. And in January we'll be at 5 years together, and still very happy. :)

My hubby and I started out that way. It was nice. We're still happily together.

i have always first been friends with anyone i dated. My fiance was actually a really good friend of mine before we got together