This person isn’t with your best friend, which makes said person fair game for dating or a relationship.

So, yes, you can date a guy that your best friend likes romantically.

This person isn’t actively talking to your best friend.

This person doesn’t necessarily know that your best friend likes them.

Okay, I get it.

You don’t want to upset your best friend, and fear that dating this guy is a form of betrayal.

That being said, a best friend wants the best for their counterpart.

In the same vain, the best friend should want you to be happy.

If your best friend has made no moves on the guy, he is fair game.

As long as you are upfront with your best friend about your intentions to date this guy, and by so doing give your best friend a heads up, you have no obligation to avoid acting this guy.

Your best friend likes this guy, but hasn’t shown any intention to take things any further.

This is a guy that your best friend would much rather fantasize about than act upon.

Does that mean that you put your own happiness on hold so as to appease your best friend?

No.

Listen, as I stated earlier, as long as you are honest with your best friend and tell them what your intentions are beforehand, you have done what you should.

You can move on and begin the process of dating this guy.

A best friend that cares about you realizes that all they have been doing is procrastinating without taking action.

They know that it wouldn’t be fair to prevent you from going after, or being with someone that you like, never having summoned enough courage to take things further with the guy that they like.

Again, if this is a best friend, they would want the best for you.

They want you to be happy.

After all, this guy was never theirs to begin with.

There is nothing to claim here.

Be respectful about how you go about this.

If you were to succeed in dating this guy, avoid constantly mentioning him whenever you talk to your best friend.

Constantly bringing this guy up as a topic of discussion around your best friend, makes your best friend think that you are purposely putting her down.

Although, you aren’t intentional in doing this, it does come off as though you are putting her down.

Refrain from doing this, especially earlier on.

In time, your best friend gets used to you being with this guy, and she is no longer cares as much that you are dating him.

By this stage, it isn’t out of the question that your best friend is dating someone else.

In the end, when you approach this sensitive matter in a respectful and tactful manner, you won’t have long-term problems with your best friend, in dating this guy.

In the end, it is about being transparent so that your best friend never gets the sense that you are a friend who is going behind their back to take advantage of them.