It’s no fun being rejected
YOU’VE had a best friend of the opposite sex for years, you have been there for each other, and then one day this friend confesses that they have feelings for you. Since you don’t feel the same, how do you react?
Below, a few readers share how they’ve handled this ticklish situation.
Tevin:
I have been in this situation, and rejecting the person ended our 10-year friendship. The dynamics of the friendship changed drastically. I miss her like crazy.
Arielle:
When a male friend of mine told me that he liked me, at first I thought he was joking so I laughed it off. It wasn’t until years later, the week before he got married, that he told me he was sorry that he wasn’t marrying me. I was shocked. I didn’t know how to respond and he looked at me, laughed, and said he was joking. But I don’t think he was, and we never spoke about it again.
Johny:
I am a small business operator and I hired a friend of mine to work with me. Things were going well until she told me that she liked me. I told her it wouldn’t work out, not just because we were friends, but because we worked together, my business was new, and I just wasn’t focusing on anything but my business. She didn’t take it well, and she quit a few months later. We are still friends, but not as close as before.
