"If you could go back and do it again, whould you have responded differently?"
I would have been a little more mature about the way I handled the situation, but the end result would have been the same.
She didn't really leave me any choice. She never admitted her interest in me, and denied writing the poems, so I couldn't simply tell her that I was not interested in dating her. I felt it would humiliate her and would take away her ability to save face by not allowing her to remain 'anonymous'. So I never responded to the poems and I distanced myself somewhat from her.
The situation was, of course, more complicated than it seems, but that's the gist of it.
hang on while I see if I still have any of the poems, I think it would be appropriate to post one or two. We are still friends and she has since given me permission to share them with people.
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