I’m not here to comment on good and bad people — I’m just here to give you relationship advice! 😉
Dating your ex-boyfriend’s best friend can be precarious territory! So you should buckle up for all kinds of complications if this is a man you really want to be with. You’re going to have a lot of people in common with your ex-boyfriend and that requires being very careful with your behavior.
One flashing yellow light about who HE is is that he broke up with his ex-girlfriend and asked you out on a date on the same day! It would have been more prudent of him to try being single for a little bit first before starting to date again. However, his wanting you to keep quiet about the two of you isn’t a good sign. When a guy really cares about you, he’s proud to be with you and wants everyone to know!
Dating an ex’s best friend can work, but make sure that you’re careful. Sometimes people you know peripherally, like your ex-boyfriend’s best friend, can slip under the “dating radar” that you’d use to weed out people you don’t know and decide if they’re good guys to date or not. Because he’s been in your circle for a while, he may seem like a good person to date simply because he’s familiar. Make sure he’s who you want to be dating. And if he is, then you can continue to do so. If he’s not, it’s pretty simple to figure out you should move on.
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