I hope this doesn’t seem silly, but here it goes anyway. Thank you in advance for your reading and responses.

I’ve reached a point in my life where I am content-meaning, I have found happiness within myself without needing to be in a relationship. Once I finally felt “happy” with just being me, having feelings of wanting to be in a relationship stopped. So, for several months now I have not been dating nor looking to date.

A few months ago, I unexpectedly met someone (who is now my friend) and we have spent a lot of time getting to know eachother. At first, he wanted to be more than friends, but I did not want to because I wasn’t interested in being in a relationship-which he does know. Now, here is where the confusing part comes along! Every time I see him, I get butterflies in my stomach. I have feelings for him. I never expected to have these feelings at all and it totally throws me through a loop because I feel a deep, emotional connection. What should I do? I don’t want to risk our friendship, but I couldn’t picture myself not telling him because it feels right, yet it’s so crazy to me!