How to tell a girl that you're not interested in a relationship?

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Scarpozzi

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Invite her somewhere as friends, but bring a date with you. That always goes over well and if she doesn't confront you about it, she'll get the picture and move on.
 

Brutuskend

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I've always found that doing one of her friends gets the point across pretty quickly.

If that doesn't work, do two of them at once! ;)
 

TheGeek

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Originally posted by: b0mbrman
I'm glad to see we've gone this far into the thread w/o someone screaming for pics :)

As for the OP, I usually just dodge the topic...girls are good at picking up signals

pics??:camera: :camera:
 

NikPreviousAcct

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"I'm sorry, hot stuff, I'm too stupid to be able to talk to you about relationships. Instead, I'm going to prove that I'm not ready for one by going home and posting on teh intarweb about womanz to see what my homeys tell me I should do."
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.
 

Brutuskend

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

Good answer.
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

That's rude and inconsiderate.
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

That's rude and inconsiderate.



You win some you lose some, not calling again after only 1 date sends a clear message without wasting anymore of either party's time and without really hurting feelings.Why must everything be oh the drama always the drama?
 

Mean MrMustard

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

Best answer so far.

So you went out on A date... big deal!

That's why when you go out on a date with someone that doesn't automatically mean you're BF/GF.
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: ELP
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

Best answer so far.

So you went out on A date... big deal!

That's why when you go out on a date with someone that doesn't automatically mean you're BF/GF.

exactly... and believe it or not most women can usually tell if there's going to be a call back for a second date without a word being said.Not getting a call back isn't earth shattering after only 1 date.


girl to her friends "yeah we went out once,nice guy,good looking but we just didn't click"

or

girl to friends "yeah we went out once I though he was cool but then he called me up to give me this big list of reasons about why he didn't want to continue his relationship with me, it was creepy,insulting and weird"

Which version would you like this girl to repeat to her hot friends ?
 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

That's rude and inconsiderate.



You win some you lose some, not calling again after only 1 date sends a clear message without wasting anymore of either party's time and without really hurting feelings.Why must everything be oh the drama always the drama?

Oh, I see. You're talking about dating people who you don't give a crap about or who you just want to hang out with instead of someone you're interested in taking the time to build a real relationship with.
 

thegimp03

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I've told two chicks this in the past few months. The first got pissed and I haven't talked to her since, the other is cool with it.
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

That's rude and inconsiderate.



You win some you lose some, not calling again after only 1 date sends a clear message without wasting anymore of either party's time and without really hurting feelings.Why must everything be oh the drama always the drama?

Oh, I see. You're talking about dating people who you don't give a crap about or who you just want to hang out with instead of someone you're interested in taking the time to build a real relationship with.

Please Nik, going out on one date with somebody and realising that you either just don't connect or that your lives are going in such different directions that pursuing things further would be impractical is very common and is no negative to anyone involved.

Also, it is perfectly acceptable to go out occasionally without any specific relationship agenda in mind, it's called socializing aka "casual dating"

 

NikPreviousAcct

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Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

That's rude and inconsiderate.



You win some you lose some, not calling again after only 1 date sends a clear message without wasting anymore of either party's time and without really hurting feelings.Why must everything be oh the drama always the drama?

Oh, I see. You're talking about dating people who you don't give a crap about or who you just want to hang out with instead of someone you're interested in taking the time to build a real relationship with.

Please Nik, going out on one date with somebody and realising that you either just don't connect or that your lives are going in such different directions that pursuing things further would be impractical is very common and is no negative to anyone involved.

Also, it is perfectly acceptable to go out occasionally without any specific relationship agenda in mind, it's called socializing aka "casual dating"

Nah, I just didn't understand where you were coming from when I originally posted. I don't think dating is something as simple as hanging out with someone of the opposite sex -which is what I would consider casual dating to be. When I think of dating, I guess what I'm really thing about is courting. What's good for you may not be what's good for everyone else.

I don't believe in dating and sometimes I forget where other people are coming from and need to stop and think about it for a second. Maybe you should do the same.
 

Geekbabe

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Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: FrugalGuy
I went out with a girl and it was a pretty good date. We both agreed on that, but I'm just not interested in pursuing this further. I told her I would call her, but i'm not sure what's the best thing to say. I'm really bad at this kind of stuff, so I would appreciate some feedback. I'm sure there will be plenty of jokes, but please offer some serious advice

PS, I'm willing to be friends with her

If after only one date a guy called me back to give me the "let's just be friends" speech I'd tell him to get over himself. You don't want to proceed further? You just don't call her again.

That's rude and inconsiderate.



You win some you lose some, not calling again after only 1 date sends a clear message without wasting anymore of either party's time and without really hurting feelings.Why must everything be oh the drama always the drama?

Oh, I see. You're talking about dating people who you don't give a crap about or who you just want to hang out with instead of someone you're interested in taking the time to build a real relationship with.

Please Nik, going out on one date with somebody and realising that you either just don't connect or that your lives are going in such different directions that pursuing things further would be impractical is very common and is no negative to anyone involved.

Also, it is perfectly acceptable to go out occasionally without any specific relationship agenda in mind, it's called socializing aka "casual dating"

Nah, I just didn't understand where you were coming from when I originally posted. I don't think dating is something as simple as hanging out with someone of the opposite sex -which is what I would consider casual dating to be. When I think of dating, I guess what I'm really thing about is courting. What's good for you may not be what's good for everyone else.

I don't believe in dating and sometimes I forget where other people are coming from and need to stop and think about it for a second. Maybe you should do the same.


Nik, dating is fun going out with a variety of people gives you a chance to polish social skills, figure out what you want/don't want in a prospective partner.You're so young to be so intense, why not relax and just have a good time with others without expectations ?