Originally Posted by yadayada

This is a great forum (I've been lurking for a couple of weeks). I think your answers are pointing out to me things I already knew but didn't/don't want to admit to myself. I told him I would be keen on continuing being friendly with him, but not moving into a Relationship. His reaction (I guess, unsurprisingly!), was not great. It will be hard to avoid him. He lives in my neighborhood and works near my apartment. I want things to be friendly between us. Maybe there's a delicate way of communicating this to him. Either way, I have plenty going on in my life to keep me busy. I'd just rather he don't spend a lot of energy being mad at me, seething, etc.