Another big problem with "modern dating" is a lot of people date strangers...

... all the chicks I knew before I dated = zero problems.
lemme ask you what you would do in this situation, hopefully I don't sound like too much of a simp lol
there is this girl that I have liked for a while, she's really attractive, we have a lot in common and we get on well, but I have tried to not get
too friendly to avoid the 'friendzone' but I would still joke and flirt with her
she was going out with this guy for a few months who was cool, he became one of my boys but they recently broke up (it was a mutual decision). They are still cool with each other and hang from time to time, along with myself but I still really like her and I feel like I would trust her because I know her more than some other girls.
I've known her longer than the guy she was dating but now I'm cool with him (I didn't say anything to her before because I didn't know her that well before, I got to know her alot more since they were going out), would I be a bad friend if I told her that I like her? I don't wanna disrespect the guy but I feel like I have a lot more in common with her
sorry if i sound like a simp but up until now, relationships have been alot more straight forward for me