I have a friend I have known for over a decade. He is the best friend of my best friend's husband. He and I become friends although I have left my hometown for several years now, often seeing him when I am home for a holiday for a lunch or dinner. I recently moved back home and our friends are now gone. Since then we have probably hung out once every few weeks. My mother recently passed and he was there for the funeral. I was happy to see him as my brother and sister have their own families and I, being gone for so many years, don't have many close friends here any longer. The night of the funeral he said he loved me which I took in a friend sort of way. Now he is saying things like, "you mean everything to me" or " I would do anything for you", and I don't say much to those statements. He asked how I was doing via email, I told him I was having a hard day because my brother, whom I am very close, left to go back to his home after being here for my mother's funeral and for Christmas. I told my friend I would call him when I felt better. Anyhow, he called me on sister's home phone, a number I never gave him, concerned because I told him I was having a hard day. Tracking down my sister's number after I said I would call him later, along with these recent statements has given me a creepy feeling. He has never come out and said he likes me, but his actions and comments are making me uncomfortable. I am upset because I am grieving about my mother and I this is the last thing I want to deal with. He is a great friend and is very sensitive. He is not someone I can just ignore because of his relationship with my best friend's husband, nor do I want to because I do care about him, as a friend. I am thinking of talking to him to let him know I have gotten the feeling that he may have developed romantic feelings for me and that I don't reciprocate and I don't want to lose him as a friend. I know no matter what I say he will take it hard, but I am now getting too uncomfortable. Should I talk to him? If so, any advice on how to handle it?