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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 12:41 AM Original message |
Need advice on how to have that , "I'm just 'not that in to you' conversation" |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. having been on the receiving end of more of these than the one doing it, |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't be patronizing, just PLEASE just tell it quickly, truthfully and without excuses |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Thank you. Men are very direct.....and they want to be dealt with/spoken to |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Simple: Don't have the "Let's just be friends" conversation. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oh, c'mon....you can't be serious! |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It's the truth though. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, that's not my experience...... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Who is even talking about sex? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "feelings" for a friend? |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Apples and oranges. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. i had guy friends all thru single. didnt hang out with women. when dating, just say done |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I wouldn't want to date someone who I wouldn't have as a friend. |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Correct me if I'm wrong, |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Let's just be FWBJ." has never left me feeling crushed. ... n/t |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. FWBJ? What does that mean? n/t |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It COULD mean "Feeble Witless Banal Joke". Or not. ...n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'm a guy. Easy: be honest, up front and candid. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
10. sooner rather than later |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes....b/c a bee will move from flower to flower to flower.... |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. I can't suggest any words that won't hurt, but I will tell you that any attempt to ease the pain |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. LOL |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. It sounds like you haven't actually discussed this with him yet. |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. Don't call, don't return phone calls |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. Cry. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. yuk. grinnin. nt |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. Just one guy's perspective... |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Please don't use the exact words |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Eh... |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think the guy is going to end up feeling bad enough |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
23. +1 on skipping the "let's be friends" part. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. Men like to dispense with the BS and just get to the fact of the matter |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. One question: |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. If there is something you really enjoy doing with the guy... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. Some phrases are easier to take than others. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-07-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. +1 for "The chemistry's just not there." |
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