Assuming you value your friendship with your best friend, you are better off not encouraging his girlfriend.

Whenever his girlfriend flirts with you, resist the temptation to flirt back.

Whenever she compliments you, resist the temptation to compliment her back.

In layman’s terms, if you return any advance she makes on you, you run the risk of encouraging her to do more of it.

This is an area that gets confusing quickly, when you aren’t cognizant of what you are doing.

You initially tell yourself that what she is doing is harmless.

All this flirting must mean nothing.

She is dating your best friend after all, and the idea that she has any ulterior motives is unthinkable.

So, you play along.

As time goes by, you get sucked in without realizing it.

Then one day, you give in.

You make a move on her or let her make a move on you.

You both regret it afterward, and make yourselves feel better by laughing it off or acting like it never happened.

She goes on with her relationship with your best friend.

In the back of your mind, you know what you did.

There is or isn’t a sense of guilt from having done it.

The problem now is, you continue to desire her.

Every time you see her with your best friend, you remember the encounter you had with her, and you surmise that your best friend doesn’t deserve her.

You want another encounter, and start falling for her as this desire grows.

All of this came out of light and seemingly innocent flirting.

See how dangerous this gets?

You are better off not letting it go any further than where it has gone thus far.

You are better off not flirting back or making her feel in any way that you are responding to what she is doing.

Distract yourself from thinking about her by focusing on activities to do in your life.

Primarily hang out with your best friend when she is not around.

This keeps you from being in her presence too often.

By all means, avoid hanging out with her alone.

This invites temptation.

Take complete control of how you respond to what she is doing to seduce you.

You are responsible for your actions.

Over time, exercising restraint dissuades her from continuing to seduce you.

If you are weak or continue reciprocating her advances, you are bound to eventually give in to her charms.

The moment you give in, you are stuck in a labyrinth.

A labyrinth that persists until your best friend learns of what you are doing with his girlfriend.

It is too late now.

Your friendship with your best friend is over.

Crazy thing is, after losing your best friend to this betrayal of trust, you aren’t going to have a happy ending with his girlfriend.

Relationships that are founded on deceit rarely last long.

This means that you end up losing your best friend, and his girlfriend.