Do you think a guy would like to be friends even though I’ve rejected him—even though I liked him first
In a bullet point nutshell
-i told my best friend i had a crush on guy
-best friend is best friend with guy
-best friend told guy that we would look cute/match and that im not the type of girl to “reject or “string” a guy after dates/showing interest”
-we went on 2 dates and have been talking for months/calling for 5h
-1st date he came to buy summer beach house/travelled for 8h total/brought flowers
-2nd date we went shopping (for him), ate dinner (he payed)—had a good time (i was lowkey mean tho)
-i realized i dont like him
I don’t want to hurt him—i like him as a person but not romantically—he has been hurt by multiple girls for being “too nice”—i wish to like him but I can’t and i feel so horrible and i want to be friends and i dont want him to hate me and I don’t want our overall friendgroup to hate us
what do I do??