well it depends upon situations...somehow i dont know why, most girls nowadays feel more free to talk and discuss problems with guys than other girls (maybe because of the practical aspect of guys or maybe b'cos girls are known to gossip too much that ur secrets cant actually be safe with them)...well in my experience, most of the girl friends i have in my college are not the kind with whom u can discuss matters or issues, ok if u want to enjoy and have a good time, etc., its fine...but serious things that cannot be shared with everyone cannot be told as how much ever u tell them not to tell it to anyone, somehow i have seen that it has reachd many other ears...and most girls have this tendency to keep things in mind if they dont like anything and act very normal outside and maybe then one day all of a sudden when u have a fight or somehting, everything comes out...i hate such ppl...i never used to be like this but now out of experience i realise that this is the best way to behave as i used to be the kind who used to speak out anything that i dont like, but now i realise u shouldnt be like that as at the end of the day ppl just misunderstand u instead of appreciating ur frankness and the fact that u are open cos u are close to that person...
anyways...but i dont feel that if a guy is a good friend of urs, it has to be love...ok initially when we become a teenager these feelings might be there and any guy u meet because of the hormonal changes and age, we may tend to feel that way for the person of the other sex who is very sweet and understanding with us...however as we grow up, some of such love developed during such age turns into marriage and a commitment of life time, but seldom does this happen...once u go through a real relationship, break ups etc, then all this stops and we become mature enough to udnerstand the difference between love and friendship...then we really know which guy to see as a freind and which person may also be a friend but maybe he may be a good husband material too 😉 ...
so wat i suggest is, sometimes we do get confused between whether the wya we feel for a person is love or is it just love because of friendship...so wat is to be done is to just give time to urself and that particular relationship, try to understand the preson and inspte of all this if u still feel u can actually marry the person and spend ur entire life with him, then go on...or else step back in ur feelings before it is too late and respect ur relationship of freindship with him!!