Would You Date A Friend’s Sibling Or Is Doing This A Bad Idea?

Sometimes, people consciously hook up a friend with their sibling, given that they know this friend’s character well, and believe that this friend would be a good partner prospect for their sibling.

Would You Date A Friend's Sibling Or Is Doing This A Bad Idea?Dating a friend’s sibling is not uncommon, but the reservations you have about doing this isn’t without merit.

Ask yourself why there are reservations within you about dating a friend’s sibling.

Does it come across as though you would be dating your own sibling?

Is it too close to home.

Sure, there are people who get a strange feeling in situations like this.

Nonetheless, the common reason behind these reservations have to do with anxiety.

You have anxiety, worried about the awkwardness of it all.

The thing is, your friend probably has no problem with it.

If your friend is fine with you dating his sibling, he has given you his seal of approval.

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In continuing to feel strange about it, you are risking sending the wrong message to your friend that something is wrong with his sibling.

This makes your friend believe that you are dating his sibling reluctantly.

Consequently, your friend worries that his sibling is going to end up getting hurt by you.

This is where you mislead his sibling into thinking you like him and break his heart.

This creates anxiety that leads to friction within your own friendship with him.

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Be unequivocal about what you want to do.

If you are going to date your friend’s sibling, do it wholeheartedly, without any reservations.

Your friend will sense it when you are feeling awkward about it, and this is where a rift between you takes form, which hurts your friendship.

Be certain about how to approach this.

Should you choose to date your friend’s sibling, do so with enthusiasm and an eagerness to let the relationship develop in a healthy fashion.

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Should you realize that you don’t want to date your friend’s sibling, be honest about it from the onset.

Avoid making your friend believe that there is interest there.

The last thing you want to do is mislead your friend into thinking that you are interested in his sibling.

This leads to your friend telling his sibling about your interest, and subsequently, a sibling who gets overly excited about the interest.

Your friend is further elated by his sibling’s happiness at this news.

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Once it is discovered that you were never sincere in the first place about how you felt about your friend’s sibling, you end up hurting your friend and your friend’s sibling.

Avoid setting any expectations that you don’t feel.

If you continue to feel negativity about dating your friend’s sibling, don’t date his sibling.

Wherever negativity is deeply present, there are strong reservations and your instincts are warning you to heed them.

Never date a friend’s sibling out of a desire to appease said friend or his sibling.

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Knowing what you want before making a move is critical.

Without this level of sincerity, you wind up hurting people and losing your friend.

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