I am interested in this girl, which happens to be my friends ex.

I am closer to her than to him though. When me and her first met, it was sometime during spring or summer of last year. Me and her instantly connected as friends though.

She understands me, unlike everybody else where I live. I have helped her and my friend with relationship problems before. Of course, I would rather her be happy with him than me happy with her. 

From my point of view, their relationship wasn't the best. All he is interested in doing is smoking weed and she has told me that she feels he always needs to be high and is always high when they hang out.

Not too long ago, she ended up cheating on him. Her and I were talking about that, and she owned up to her mistake, and I'm not judging her on it, because we all make mistakes, and I could tell it was killing her inside, and she also lost a lot of friends because of it.

Her and her ex are trying to work stuff out, and they are kind of waiting a little before they start dating again to make sure it's what they both want. I'm waiting for a confirmation on whether or not they will be getting back together before I make any moves.

I have told her that I have my eye on someone (her), but she doesn't know it's her. I keep telling myself that I can't help who I'm attracted to.

Is this a wrong thing to do? How should I go about telling her without totally ruining the friendship between me and her?

Oh, and please, no judgment over the fact that she cheated. If anything happens between me and her, I will be cautious, but I doubt she will do it again.

Edit: I've been told by people to be straightforward about wanting to date her with my friend, but I'm the one who brought the whole fact that she cheated on him (such a long story, PM me if you want details on that) to light, so I feel as if being straightforward with him would cause problems between me and him. I feel like if I dated her period it would cause problems between me and him, but she is the only girl I can think about lately.
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Interested in friends ex. Closer to her than him. Is this wrong? How should I go about telling her I
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I am interested in this girl, which happens to be my friends ex.

I am closer to her than to him though. When me and her first met, it was sometime during spring or summer of last year. Me and her instantly connected as friends though.

She understands me, unlike everybody else where I live. I have helped her and my friend with relationship problems before. Of course, I would rather her be happy with him than me happy with her. 

From my point of view, their relationship wasn't the best. All he is interested in doing is smoking weed and she has told me that she feels he always needs to be high and is always high when they hang out.

Not too long ago, she ended up cheating on him. Her and I were talking about that, and she owned up to her mistake, and I'm not judging her on it, because we all make mistakes, and I could tell it was killing her inside, and she also lost a lot of friends because of it.

Her and her ex are trying to work stuff out, and they are kind of waiting a little before they start dating again to make sure it's what they both want. I'm waiting for a confirmation on whether or not they will be getting back together before I make any moves.

I have told her that I have my eye on someone (her), but she doesn't know it's her. I keep telling myself that I can't help who I'm attracted to.

Is this a wrong thing to do? How should I go about telling her without totally ruining the friendship between me and her?

Oh, and please, no judgment over the fact that she cheated. If anything happens between me and her, I will be cautious, but I doubt she will do it again.

Edit: I've been told by people to be straightforward about wanting to date her with my friend, but I'm the one who brought the whole fact that she cheated on him (such a long story, PM me if you want details on that) to light, so I feel as if being straightforward with him would cause problems between me and him. I feel like if I dated her period it would cause problems between me and him, but she is the only girl I can think about lately.
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I'm not sure how I should handle this relationship, as I am interested in her, and she has cheated on
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