The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

To reject a person? Is there ever a nice way one can go about it? Or are they all equally as harsh? How much can a person euphemize or sugar-coat things surrounding the word so that it'll make the other person walk away in smiles, as opposed to tears? I ask this, because just a few days ago, I was told about a similar situation. A guy asked a gal out sometime and she responded with, "Although I'm flattered by what you have said, I'm not interested in dating you or anyone else right now. You're a very nice guy, very easy to talk to, but more in the friend sense. I'm sorry if you're disappointed, but this is how I honestly feel. I hope that this won't stop you from ever talking to me again." Supposedly, this gal has a history for dating, well, jerks and allegedly, she told a friend of her's a few months back that she had an interest in this young fellow. So, it indeed came as a big shock to him when she told him all of this. So, this young ma...

We've all heard them, probably all used them- cop outs. These are especially prevalent when it comes to relationships, or I should say, the disinterest in a relationship. Now, some of these excuses may be genuine and honest once in a great while, but notice what I just said - once in a great while. So, for the most part, they're used as ways to either get out of a relationship or to prevent oneself from entering a relationship. Following will be some famous cop outs and what their interpretation can read as. Let's just be friends. I don't want to ruin what we have - This is used when one brings up the idea of beginning a relationship and taking the friendship they have established to another level. What this person is really saying is, "You can either have me as a friend or have me as nothing, because there's no way I'm going to be your boyfriend/girlfriend." So, instead, they take the nicer, less aggressive route. The only problem with this is the ...