So. This is vaguely annoying, but also pretty funny at the same time.
A few months back, two girls told me they really liked me, but I didn't like either as more than friends and both were long-distance, so I turned them down in the nicest way possible. A few months later, both got pissed off at me for not liking them and stopped talking to me. One of them, I got talking to me again, although things are still a little awkward, and the other just doesn't talk to me at all (although that might be the 8 hour timezone difference).
Now? Another long-distance female friend has started dropping REALLY OBVIOUS HINTS. And I mean -really- obvious. (As in "I was telling my mum about our phone conversation the other day, and she thought you were flirting with me and said I should ask if you like dogs because I have three of them!" "..." "...So, do you have any pets?
")
Now, you can probably understand why this is vaguely annoying - I'd like to be able to have female friends without them becoming obsessed with me, only to stop talking to me when I turn them down. I really got on/still get on with them, so it's annoying that something so simple has to destroy that.
...On the other hand, there's the fact that I met two the first time back in May and haven't seen IRL since, and the other I've never met IRL. And that just serves to make VSM's failed efforts even more funny.
(There's also the fact that people have no problem with me online but then turn out hating me IRL, but that's another story entirely~)
Edit: Worth noting, this has also done wonders for my self-esteem. I've been ridiculously confident lately.
