My palms start sweating and I swear he can hear my frantic heartbeat that is speeding up with each second. "So umm... yeh I was wanting to... yeh... umm.." As I stutter on he's looking at me with this quizzical confused expression. "Well see I was just wanting to clarify that.. yeh, that um... our friendship is... well, you know... it's not going to a...... relationship right?"
ENDING A: He starts laughing and goes "Yeh it's all cool, wasn't even going there." So we both laugh it off and go about our lives "happily ever after."
ENDING B: He forces a smile, "Sure yeh, that's fine." But for the rest of the night he's kicking himself for hoping there could be something when obviously now I wasn't interested.
ENDING C: "Well actually... I was kinda hoping there could be a chance with us. Can we at least give it a shot?" More awkwardness follows.....
That fateful conversation between two friends, which could break the friendship or make it extremely awkward. But it's needful. One doesn't want to be leading the other on making them think there could be a relationship when there really isn't any chance. But how in the world do you clarify that with the awkward situations described above?
Have you ever had one of these types of conversations?
What is the best way to go about bringing this topic up?
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