This may be a first. I don't like being so upfront, but I'm sure someone out there is dumb enough to need a warning; I don't advise you do what I'm going to describe here.

Now enjoy.

Love Hurts

Love is a very difficult thing. Oftentimes we want love but can't find it, and other times we find it but don't want it. This is about the latter situation.

What do you do when someone you don't like has feelings for you? Do you ignore the situation? Do you confront it directly? It's hard to say, and I won't claim to know what the perfect course of action is for every situation, but I will say I know what works for me. The thing to do is very simple and logical.

How does a person treat someone they like? They're nice to them. They don't often come right out and admit their feelings. They're just nice and hope the message gets across. That makes sense, right? No hidden logic anywhere?

With that in mind, what is the only reasonable conclusion we can come to? If a person likes someone and expresses it through kindness rather than words, then naturally if you want someone to get that they don't have a chance with you, you should be mean to them without explaining why. I know that's what I do.

If I think a person I don't have any interest in is starting to have stronger feelings for me, I just treat them very badly and never say why. That may sound mean, but if people have confessions of love, then wouldn't the counterpart to that be a confession of detestation? I think that's a lot meaner. It's better to just be passively mean.

With that said, how do you accomplish passive meanness in order to convey your disinterest?

Well, I like to think of that quote by Roosevelt, "Speak softly and carry a big stick". To be more clear, what I do is speak just as kindly as I would with anyone else, and I carry around this big stick I found just in case someone acts up. I'm pretty sure it's called a baseball bat.

It's passive in the sense that if nothing happens, I'll just pass over them with no big deal. And it's mean in the sense that if they do make a move, I'll give them a mean swing to the knees. I like to call this a homerun because as soon as I do it, I run away fast as I can.

So imagine, a person is trying to win you over, they're being really nice and persistent, spouting poetry and whatnot, and then, bam, they fall to the ground in horrible agony, only to see you running away carrying a steel bat and shouting "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there". What's a more effective way to get the message across? There is none.

And it's polite; you said you're sorry.

I guess you could probably just be honest and not much would come of it... Maybe instead shout "I'm sorry, I just don't think it'll work between us"?

Well, whatever. I'm sure you'll all be fine with whatever you think is best. That's just my advice.

Thanks for reading.