Lv99_BixNood
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View: https://old.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/1clkgrt/nine_years_later_he_still_wont_give_up/
I've known "Sam" since 2015, when we were in college together. We participated in extracurricular activities together and had mutual friends. He's a good guy, just a bit odd, and I've never felt an inkling of romantic or sexual attraction towards him. I enjoy spending time together as friends, nothing more. He made pretty consistent romantic advances to me, which I tried to turn down as gently as possible.
After graduation, I moved several states away. We've stayed in touch via text and social media, and meet up maybe once or twice a year to catch up, grab dinner and drinks, etc. I've always tried to be clear that I see him only as a friend. He's said that he has accepted that, and so I thought we had reached a decent equilibrium in our relationship. I've suspected that he still has feelings for me, but I've never had the courage to call him out on it or cut him off entirely.
Anyway, he sent me flowers today. I realize now that I should have ended communication with him years ago, as he clearly can't take "no" for an answer.
I just feel sick, a little scared, and ashamed of myself for apparently leading him on. It seems that his tactic to get with me is to ask again and again and again, and "wear me down."
Additionally, my mother has always stuck up for this guy, weirdly, despite the fact that she's never really interacted with him. (She's hated my actual boyfriends.) It's like I'm being gaslit into some sort of inevitable romantic relationship with this guy because of our long history together and his strong feelings for me. Reminder: I do NOT want to date this man.
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