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Old 03-07-2009, 10:16 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by braisler View Post
Yeah, it was a date to him. If you have any heart, I'd get in touch with him and say something along the lines of, 'hey, I was getting an odd vibe from you the other night. I don't want things to go unresolved or become strained between us, so I want to tell you that I'm not that into you in that way.' Something along those lines anyway.



So if you're interested, he'll know it explicitly, but if you're not he should just take a clue and buzz off. Frankly, that is BS. If you are explicit about showing your interest, be explicit about showing your disinterest as well.

Nothing wrong with hanging out as friends. But once you were getting the vibe that he was into you, yeah, you should have addressed it. The poor guy probably spent most of the night thinking that he was doing something wrong for you to not be responding.

And the raised eyebrow thing? We're guys. We don't pick up on body language and subtle cues as well as women do. You may have thought you were telegraphing your thoughts very clearly, but I'm pretty certain that it didn't reach the other side of the table.

You know, I haven't seen this guy in almost 10 years. We got together had some beers and walked around. Why do I owe it to him to dispel notions that he shouldn't even be having in the first place, all things considered? And see, this is the very reason I started this thread. To see if I was potentially getting myself into a situation that I don't feel like dealing with. It's bullshit.
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