Is there any way bạn can get through an awkward stage in a relationship?

Hmm... Considering I haven't been in a relationship before, I don't know if I'd be much help. However, I'll try the best that I can.

So bạn guys have been Những người bạn for a while, and that's good to know; I like when relationships start off that way. It's good to be Những người bạn with someone instead of just looking at someone, and then deciding to go out with them just because of their looks without getting to know them first. (Sorry, a little rant there.) Maybe, while in this phase, bạn can try to "start over". Reopen some subjects that bạn used to talk about years ago, and relive those moments. I can only imagine that it would probably be normal to have such a stage in a relationship, considering that you've both been best Những người bạn first. Try not thinking of it much as a relationship -- just imagine that you're still best friends, but a bit closer than before. Kind of like you're taking care of a sibling: don't think of it like a chore hoặc because bạn have to, but because you're family and bạn tình yêu one another. Something like that; what I'm trying to convey is a bit hard to explain. If bạn understand it, though, then great.

Also, maybe bạn should go to thêm places together and spend time alone. If bạn let yourself into this awkward stage a little longer, bạn might get used to it and not notice. There have been plenty of people I've heard say that having silence was the best conversation between one another. It's possible for relationships to thrive with no words. Go to the phim chiếu rạp hoặc the mall, hoặc just take a walk somewhere bạn both enjoy. Make small talk and see what comes up later on -- bạn never know what can happen.