How to Tell Someone You Just Want to Be Friends
The more friends of opposite sex you have, there is a bigger chance someone will fall in love with you. How to tell you friend you don¡¯t want to turn your friendship in more serious relationship? If you suspect or heard that your friend is really into you, try to act before it comes out. When seeing him/her, tell him how important your friendship is, you can tell him about your personal life or keep secrets.
You can mention you think you¡¯re in love with someone else or tell about last met attractive person and you¡¯re very excited about coming date. Tell the person up front that you enjoy being single but that you're always looking for new friends.
Explain you¡¯re not ready for any relationships, you like being free and meeting with close friends only. Use everything that can let the other party know that you're not interested in romance.
Make a joke out of your rejection if the person would mention he could date you: "We'd never make a good couple¡¯ try to think of a reason why, like ¡®we know our background too well¡¯. Be honest and tell your friend why you don't think a relationship would work out Try to be delicate as every friend will have a hard time recovering after your hard rejection. Try to comfort your friend. You can propose to help him out if possible in finding a suitable girl/guy for him/her. Don¡¯t leave any hopes for changing your mind if you¡¯re not planning to, let your friend get over you and find someone else, otherwise he or she will always be jealous when you¡¯re dating someone else.
Change the subject after you've explained you¡¯re not interested in romance and try to forget about what just happened. Still ask your friend to ¡®go get some popcorn¡¯ etc, to make him/her sure you¡¯re still very friendly and don¡¯t want to lose him as a friend. Keep enjoying your friendship.
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