So, ok, strange situation I find myself in, and could use some advice.
I have a dear friend, who shall be known as E. E is a wonderful girl who I met about 8 months ago now and who I fell for almost instantly. Now, there was a trouble. She was taken, quite happily so, and so when I informed her of my interest, she kindly told me that we could be great friends, but we wouldn't be together. I acknowledged that, and honestly, we've become great friends since then. I'm really quite happy about our friendship, it's one of those set-ups where we are open to one another about everything, simply because we know the other won't judge us and will probably have something useful to say about it. Basically, we are one another's advice columns!
That's not why I'm here tonight. Mostly, I'm here because I realized something a few weeks ago, namely that I'm kinda confused as to what our relationship status actually IS. We're more than friends, but less than lovers. There's no physical bond between E and I, but we're beyond mere friendship. It's almost as though we complete one another's minds when we're together. It's eerie. I don't know entirely how to explain it. I guess the best way is to call it "philia".
My question is this: is this a normal kinda thing? Do I do anything about this, or just let it roll and kinda go with it? Has anyone else had this sort of relationship, where it's more than friend but less than... something else? I'm just confused as to the nomenclature and if I should change my ways or anything.