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"  Every week, I ask my 83-year-old grandma and a random teen to answer a question about dating. Then, I weigh in with my own horrible Generation Y opinion. Having trouble navigating the Gitmo prison yard that is modern dating? Find out what three different generations have to say!  The Question: What do you do if you develop a crush on a good friend? Should you say something? Is it possible to take a bowl of lukewarm friendship and turn into spicy f**k fiesta? The Granny: Shirley Cozen is 83 years old, has been married for over 50 years, and raised four kids. She has been proposed to three times, started dating when she was 12, and has been a ridiculous babe her entire life. She knows a thing or two about a thing or two.  She Says: &amp;quot;Here&amp;#039;s the thing, your friend isn&amp;#039;t gonna magically divine this change in your emotional makeup by reading the signs in your eyes. If you want to have a different kind of relationship, you have to practice something that is so hard, it&amp;#039;s called complete honesty. Tell him how you feel! Otherwise it&amp;#039;s an unrequited emotional weight that brings you down. Who needs that?&amp;quot;  The Teen: Eli is a 19-year-old college freshman at Bard College. He has a lip ring and a Grateful Dead poster in his room. Ahhh, college.  He Says: &amp;quot;This has happened to me a bunch of times. My strategy is just go for it. (Laughs). Nothing is gonna happen if you don&amp;#039;t do anything. What I do is I start being more flirty and touchy to show that I&amp;#039;m interested. But before I try and kiss them, I talk to them first. I will say something like, &amp;#039;We&amp;#039;ve been friends for a long time and now I don&amp;#039;t wanna just be friends because I don&amp;#039;t feel that way anymore.&amp;#039; The last time I did it, it worked. It was a hard transition, but it worked out.&amp;quot; The Millennial: I&amp;#039;m a 29-years-young lady who has finally learned to stop dating musicians and bartenders. Hurray! Dating is like riding a bike\u2014it&amp;#039;s easy and fun\u2014but also you could die. In my experience, if you have strong feelings for a friend, you have to tell them. And if they don&amp;#039;t have those feelings back, I usually end the friendship. Why would I want to spend all my time with a cool guy that I&amp;#039;m attracted to and NOT smooch them? That&amp;#039;s like hanging out with a chocolate cake and just having &amp;quot;awesome conversations&amp;quot; with it. Nightmare. I have an embarrassing story about this. I became friends with a really hot guy, let&amp;#039;s call him Chad (that sounds hot in an 80&amp;#039;s way, right?). Chad was super flirty with me and we would hang out and go to movies and get drinks and talk about our families and our lives. We were becoming really close and it was super confusing. I wanted to attack him every time I saw him but I didn&amp;#039;t know how he felt. Then one day he texted me something like, &amp;quot;Thanks so much for helping me with that paper. Oh, Rose, I love you.&amp;quot; I was so excited. I texted him back, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so glad you said that! I&amp;#039;ve had a crush on you forever!&amp;quot; He immediately wrote back, &amp;quot;Oh no, I&amp;#039;m so sorry, I meant I love you like a friend. I hope you&amp;#039;re not mad.&amp;quot;  Mad? No. Embarrassed? Hell to- the-yes. I wanted to be like, &amp;quot;I was just kidding about the crush!&amp;quot; He wanted to keep being friends, but I wasn&amp;#039;t into it. I don&amp;#039;t need to be some hot dude&amp;#039;s life coach. Next! Cosmo gals: What do you think about telling your friend you are totally turned on by him/her? Let us know in the comments! Photo Credit: Getty Images Want more musings from Rose? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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