Basically, I have met what I consider to be the perfect girl. She's smart, she's funny, she's beautiful, and she might be able to drink me under the table. However, because we've been introduced as friends of a mutual friend, I may be stuck in the friends zone. What's a good, tactful, honest way of telling her that, under no circumstances will I be just friends with her. I want to be her best friend, I want to be her closest confidant, the person that I stand with for the rest of our lives, side by side, us against the world until we die. I want the honest chance to see if this is just infatuation or the beginning of the kind of love affair that redefines the very notion of love. I want to tell her that the brightest part of my day is talking to her and the best part of my week is seeing her.
thoughts?