I recently met a really nice girl who has a lot in common with me. She's interesting and pretty intelligent. We spent several hours one on one and discovered we share a good rapport and my friends agree she is a good natured person.

I like her but she's told me that she's dating another guy and I'm alright with that. Really, she's a good girl, but I'm not interested in pressuring her. I'm more interested in her new job. She works for Katimavik, a young housing program. A really neat program that helps young adults integrate into outside home living. Very interesting to me.

I'd like to be a part of her current work projects and interests though... It's a tough situation. How can I help her and provide support without coming across like I want to compete for her attentions with her other friend? I don't want her to think I'm trying to court her.

I get the feeling that anything I do can be misunderstood as an advance; I'm not saying that she isn't attractive, but I'm more interested in keeping her clearly in the friend zone and not alienating our chances to start a mutual collaboration.

This would be so much easier if she was a guy! Any thoughts on a possible approach I should take? I'm sort of against directly talking about it. I prefer a subtle method.

Thanks in advance.