I am worried he may be getting the wrong message. What’s weird is I never hang around him at either of our houses or anything. He knows I just want to be friends but he says things that indicate otherwise like one day asking Me what my red and green flags are. I told him I just want to be friends and he took it ok, but he still will text me how awesome I am and say good morning and good night. Should I be creeped out?
Trust your gut.
Before you ditch, though, give one last chance with clear communication.
Go someplace fairly busy in public - a popular student coffee shop is a good bet - and have a frank conversation. Let him know it's going to be uncomfortable and let him know you have concerns about your friendship.
Name things explictly.
Tell him you're getting the impression he is trying to go beyond platonic friendship, cite him asking about red and green flags, and be honest with how you feel.
At no point touch him, or display too much sympathy. Those will be misinterpreted by someone like him.
Before you meet with him, a few questions you'll want to think of:- What kind of contact, if any, will you allow from him?
- How do you feel about him? (Be honest, but as gentle as you feel is fair)
- What do you want out of a friendship with him?
If at any point he gets hostile or you feel afraid, tell him he's not to contact you any longer and leave. Block his numbers, socials, etc, and keep yourself safe.
Never underestimate the danger of a rejected boy with poor emotional control.
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I find a lot of single guys will scope multiple women at the same time in the hopes of securing a catch so it does not stipulate that you stealing his time by accepting him as a casual acquaintance, as long as he knows you don't like him and you don't meet him in an exclusive way.
I will say that there are men out there who are genuinely being nice and friendly and don't have alterior motives. If something he does bothers you or creeps you out, you should communicate that with him. If he continues to do it or he gets overly-defense or even mad, then cut him off completely because it could only lead to bad news for you. The green and red flag question is quite suspicious, but it could be that he just wanted to know more about you or he had a friend he thought you might be interested in or something but more than likely he was asking for himself. I say give people the benefit of a doubt, but only once, if they overstep a clearly defined boundary then let them have it.
Men and women can’t be friends. Women always want to be friends with a guy. I get it women are friendly and want to be excepting and not hurt a guy’s feeling buy saying “let’s be friends”. Guy don’t want to be friends with women, why would we want to be friends with women when get have other guys friends who are probably more interested in what we want to do. Men want to date the women there so called “friends with” of course he wants to date you he wants to be you hubby your boo. If you have no interest stop leading him on (which I’m sure in your mind you’re not trying to do) and stop being his friend.
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Yes be creeped out because he is clearly not getting the hint that you are not interested in him , he is basically not taking No for an answer , he is thinking he can win you over and to make you change your mind about your decision , so yes he is creepy and I would stop talking to him if I was you , People that have a hard time listening are people that only care about themselves , they can have a relationship all by themselves
So I see this as you were not clear enough about your boundries. Just friends is not strong enough for some men.
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