So I have a good friend I’ve know for quite a few years. I teach her kids at school. I see her daily as she picks up her kids and we always chat for a good while while her kids play in the hall or outside. She has been flirting with me quite a bit. She often talks about her husband rather negatively, not that he’s a bad guy, but she’s always bringing up things about him that bother her. I’ve been paying attention to her body language as well, just to be sure of my suspicions. She is often closer to me than she needs to be. We make a lot of direct eye contact and her pupils definitely become dilated when we make eye contact. Her feet are always pointing to me and so on. Now I only put about 50% stock in that body language stuff, but it seems to be going in that direction.

I really like her as a friend, but she is extremely attractive too. I don’t want to loose our friendship, but I feel that this flirting has been going on for a long time. Do I bring it up with her in a causal way? Do I just ask what we are or where we’re going? I’m willing to take things to the next level if she is, but I don’t want to make things super awkward in the future.

Ideas, thoughts, suggestions?

Thanks!