best lovers

can best friends be lovers? or even just a bit more than what they have?

i was told that friends can be lovers but best friends can never be lovers... why is that? because a best friend is someone who you can depend on... someone who you need when you have to say something and just can't tell anyone else. as everybody knows, a relationship is like a rollercoaster, sometimes it's up and sometimes it's down... when your best friend is your significant other, when everything is down, you don't only lose your lover, you also lose your best friend... it's harder that way right? instead of losing just by losing one important person, you lose two important roles in your life...

is that the only reason? the risk of losing someone? i can't think of any reasons at all... that reason was just explained to me... that reason was just shown to me... i really don't have any problem with best friends ending together since it's not that big of a chance to get into an arguement between the two... after all, they are friends and they know each other. they should be able to understand each other and to respect each other... it's another case when one is a different person while in a relationship... but usually, they know each other's problems, they know each other's hardships and what they have been thru... it's not like they will want to hurt each other in the course of the relationship, that they will want to be a burden to each other... nobody wants that right?

so i ask you again, can best friends be lovers? it will not be a surprise for everyone if a pair that close would end up as couples, after all, they are in the right path, right?

** best friends here are composed of a guy and a gal... i'm not talking about yuri of yaoi here... please clean your minds...