u/Current-Body-1145

First, I’m overall looking for insight and advice. A friend and I have been cool for about 12 years now. There have always been pretty strict boundaries. We talk about everything, respect each other’s space, no major physical contact, and overall no romantic feelings. As of the last year she has been a lot more communicative about missing/loving me which is something her and I have never even really said to each other, outside of the occasional appreciation for one another. Along with this has been an increase of physical contact when we hang out (hip grabbing, hand holding, and cuddling, etc). This most of all has caught me off guard because I never thought anything like that between us would ever happen. Now, I’m not expecting anything to come of it but, I’m not against the possibility of something between us but it’s also not at the top of my list if that makes sense. Have any of you dealt with things like this? If so how did you navigate the situation.