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" I&amp;#039;ve been out a few times with this guy who is cute, sweet, funny and does everything right, but I&amp;#039;m just not attracted to him. How can I let him down gently? Whatever you do, don&amp;#039;t tell this guy you&amp;#039;re not attracted to him! You may think it&amp;#039;s noble to be honest, but you&amp;#039;ll only chip away at his confidence. Contrary to what we&amp;#039;d like you to believe, guys can be as insecure about their looks as women are. The last thing he wants to hear is that he&amp;#039;s not hot enough for you. The best way to let him down is with a little white lie. Start by telling him how cute and funny he is, and then explain, &amp;quot;The thing is, I just got out of a relationship, and I can see now that I&amp;#039;m not as ready as I thought to get involved with someone new. It sucks, because you&amp;#039;re great.&amp;quot; This makes it seem like the problem is you, not him, and it gives him an ego boost. Plus, it allows him to save face when his friends ask what happened. Of course, if he knows enough about your past to realize that an old flame isn&amp;#039;t to blame, you can simply explain that you are having some personal problems and aren&amp;#039;t in the right mental place to have a relationship. Hopefully, he won&amp;#039;t pry, but if he does, tell him it&amp;#039;s nothing serious, but you&amp;#039;d rather not go into it. Again, you want to reassure him that he&amp;#039;s the best catch out there &amp;amp;#151; you just wouldn&amp;#039;t make a good girlfriend right now. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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