In the case of...

In the case of Friendcest please apply anti-itch powder three times a day and find yourself a new group of friends, because everything is about to blow up in your face.
There's a very legitimate reason that I don't believe in love at first sight, and that reason is something that I've come to call "Friendcest". While the treatment is still in the works, the diagnosis is set in stone. It goes a little like this: a group of people come together and form a bond known as friendship, they spend increasingly more time together, suddenly one member of the group develops romantic feelings for another member, and then another begins to display the same romantic feelings for another person (or maybe the same one, and that's just really complicated). In the end, though, everyone in the group has a thing for someone else in the group, and some of them inevitably start dating until you're coupled off. It is a natural progression and wholly unavoidable. Further, it disproves the notion that there is "love at first sight" when it obviously takes people getting to know each other, becomming closer, and then falling for each other.
But that is actually besides the point. Friendcest is generally problematic because it involves multiple friends developing feelings for the same friend, and then complicated human emotions come into play. As of now, this has happened with two completely different groups of friends I've had over the years. Two. The exact same occurance. Twice. I can make charts of the occurances... in fact, I have.
And no, I am not the original guilty party. I am the guilty party in that I encourage romantic attachment, because it's always nice to see friends happy. And then they get together, form a relationship, and they are happy. For a while.
Then everything changes, and friendships are ripped limb from limb like a Grendal v. Beowulf throwdown. Emotions, alliances, broken hearts, stoney silences - it's everywhere. Sometimes, the group dynamic, or part of it, can be salvaged, and people can get over themselves, but most times, they can't.
Human nature is to become emotionally linked with someone, and it's also human nature to get bored, or tired, or become emotionally involved with someone else. So of course friends fall for friends and people fight and break up - my Psychology textbook tells me humans are volatile creatures. And for once I think it's right.
If you read this and think it's complete BS, then, well, at least you're reading my blog. But if you take one thing away from this, even just one moral lesson, let it be this:
Friendcest is a reality - it could even be happening to you.