Originally Posted by Butterfly
Here's a suggestion: instead of asking for advice here, why don't you simply ask the woman in question, discuss it like adults and go from there? Direct. No drama.

If that's what you've done, great.
That's what we did from the start--she asked to stay friends, I said I'll try, she said she'd like more but she'll try, and we're having the interactions we feel best. That doesn't alleviate all the tension--love, desire, jealousy.