Question Posted Saturday September 23 2006, 3:32 am
i met my boyfriend at camp last year. he asked me out last year, and i said no, and he asked me out this year again, and i didnt want to say yes, but i felt obligated to. he is my first boyfriend and i didnt tell my parents. (dont tell me to tell my parents, becaus eim not going to). ive only told like 3 of my friends about him. but the problem is that i dont like him in "that way". i want to break up with him, but i still want to be friends with him and i dont want to hurt his feelings. what do i do?
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Love Life? MummuM answered Saturday September 23 2006, 9:57 pm: Well, you're obviously going to have to break up with him on way or another. If you don't, you'll just be hurting yourself and him. I suggest letting him down easy. Don't worry about hurting his feelings, because no matter how easy you let him down it's still going to hurt him, especially if he really likes you. Just explain to him that you guys as a couple just isn't working out. That you feel that it would be best just to be friends, because you really don't like him 'in that way' anymore. Explain to him that you don't want to hurt him, but you thought it would be best just to be apart. Tell him that you would love to still be friends and you're here for him whenever he needs you. [ MummuM's advice column | Ask MummuM A Question ]
abercrombie.LvR answered Saturday September 23 2006, 9:31 am: I would talk to your friends about it. That's why they're there.But no matter what you do his feelings are going to get hurt. But tell him that you really don't like him in that way and that even though this sounds cheezy and lame that you mean it and you still really wanna be friends. After you break up act like he's your other friends im him... and then he'll start to see that you really meant it.
MelLeDisko answered Saturday September 23 2006, 9:08 am: well, no matter what, his feelings are going to get hurt. if there was an easy nice way to break up with someone, i think the world would be a happier place, haha. anyways. just the next time you hang out with him or talk to him, let him know how you're feeling. just be like,"i'm sorry, but lately my feelings have started to shift from girlfriend to just friends. i know you're probably mad right now, so i'll just leave you alone for a bit, but i'd really like to be friends still, so think about it and talk to me later." ( or something like that ) just don't tell him about the last year cause that'd kill him to know his girlfriend felt obligated to date him for that long.
just keep this as a lesson learned: you never need to feel obligated to date someone. just tell them no. it's better to hurt their feelings then, then after there's a bunch of emotions involved.
nermal1o1 answered Saturday September 23 2006, 7:54 am: well, you shouldn't have said yes the second time, cause now you screwed up. you need to tell him, even if it hurts. it's mean to lead him on, even if your not meaning to. [ nermal1o1's advice column | Ask nermal1o1 A Question ]
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