Take him shopping for wedding dresses , he will come to his senses soon
When I first met my wife, we started dating.Looking over this thread as with most retro threads, I am reminded about how many have come and gone.
As far as the above, when I first met my wife, she had a boy friend and told me she wanted to be friends, I said no thanks. As it turns out, several weeks later, my future and present wife appeared on my door step.
Sure it is very possible for straight and gay girls and boys to be friends, but in my case not when I have romantic feelings for someone, not going to try to worm my way into a romantic relationship that way, and a friends relationship would just have been a source of frustration.
Over the years, I’ve seen several “friend” relationships where there the true agenda is romance.
I'm going to second this, and here's why:
The worst thing that can happen giving the relationship a chance is that you lose the friendship. That's a possibility if you give him a straight "no", too.
The best thing that can happen is you wind up in a good relationship. That's a net benefit for both of you.
And, in my opinion, being told "we tried, and it didn't work" is better than being told "no". If you try and it doesn't work, well, you both know it doesn't work. Whereas if you just say "no", he has loads of room to wonder if it would have worked, why you said no, etc.
In my experience, I maintain far better friendships/working relationships with girls who give it a chance than I do with those that flat-out refuse. I can't claim to speak for all men, though.
