I have never kissed a girl, had any desire to have sex with a woman, or identified as anything other than straight… but recently, I am so attracted to one of my good friends that it’s hard to even be around her.

If I hug her, it feels like electricity shoots through my whole body, if she says I look pretty, I blush immediately, if she talks about her experiences with other women (she is bi), I get turned on.

We’ve always had the flirty-type banter that a lot of girls have with their friends, but I’m only recently feeling this way. Is this normal? I still don’t know that I’m into women in general - it’s literally only her.

How do I deal with this? Do I tell her? Do I ignore it? The last thing I want is to make it weird, but I feel like her knowing me as straight, us being playful flirty before, and now me being super awkward is worse. Anyone ever had this same situation? How did you handle it?