he kept “joking” about not wanting to kiss or hug me. He would say things like “get the fuck off me” but he would be laughing and smiling and I would try to be light hearted about it because he said he was joking. I told him that I didn’t really get sarcasm though so he should know that I wasn’t taking his rejection as a joke. I admit I didn’t always try to make a move at the most convenient times but the way he would immediately shut me down when I would try to kiss him kind of made me second guess if he was interested in me. Especially when he kept doing it. It wasn’t like a one time joke he continually said it for days in a row. I kept asking “do you like me for real” which would only irritate him because he said yes. But then the next day he would joke about it again and I would feel rejected and unsure. I wanted to know for sure if I was being rejected or if he was just kidding because the last thing I wanted was to come onto him if he didn’t actually want me to. So I asked him did he want to stay friends and he said yes he just didn’t know how to break it to me. I immediately moved away from him. He asked if I was mad and I genuinely admitted that I wasn’t and I respected his feelings. I was just disappointed but that he would stay my friend regardless. But then he said “ask stupid questions get stupid answers. At this point I’m just going to start agreeing with you because you keep asking me do I genuinely like you and if you won’t accept it when I say yes then I’m going to be sarcastic until you understand to not ask me that in the first place.” I told him I would believe him if he told me he didn’t like me. Then I went into the other room and cried. I tried to hide it but I didn’t realize that the tear stains were in my makeup and that he noticed when I came into the room. His attitude changed some and he was noticeably being less aggressive and I can tell he felt bad but he insisted that he didn’t do anything wrong and that I was just being sensitive.
What do you think of this situation that occurred between me and a friend who recently started dating?
