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Originally posted by AGDee
I think you need to directly communicate. "I sense that you want this friendship to become more than a friendship but that isn't how I'm feeling about it".
Dee
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I'm not sure I would put it like this, unless your boy is very into Dr. Phil . . . but yeah, Dee is definitely on the right track, no amount of body language is going to be better than words. Even then, be short and clear, and no euphemistic or side-stepping language:
"You are a good guy, but I don't want to date. You're not my type, and I don't want you to get the wrong idea."
is far superior to
"I value our friendship too much to ruin it by dating."
Also, things lik just not calling him back will serve the function you desire (eventually), but honestly any sort of 'brush-off' you give the guy w/out making it explicit will lead to lingering feelings, possibly some bitterness, and definitely some more 'passes' at you.