oh.. well, I can't see you -like this/that- [any more] because....:

(actual excuses given to me and others)
  1. "you remind me of my brother"
  2. "I'm afraid to ruin the friendship"
  3. "We'll never be able to have good sex"
  4. "I'm in love with someone else [but actually hate the guy]"
  5. "I don't want to be involved in a relationship right now"
  6. "You treat me too well."
  7. "I feel pressure from others for us to be a couple."
  8. "I hate people for the time being."
  9. "I don't know."
  10. "It's too easy to be close to you."
  11. "I don't want an intimate relationship."
  12. "You're too stable"
  13. "I need to have sex at least twice a day."
  14. "We never tried 'just being friends.'"

  16. "You always want to do stuff together"
  17. "I like men who aren't afraid to eat"
  18. "You're an American."
  19. "I'm taking a gender studies course, and you're a man."
  20. "I might fall in love with you."
  21. "I don't want you to be disappointed."
  22. "If we go out, I will want to stay with you."
  23. "I don't know, maybe it's just my period."
  24. "I love you, just not with a capital L."
  25. "You deserve better than me"
  26. "I don't want to date anyone that I work with."
  27. "Oh, by the way... I'm engaged to my ex-boyfriend."
  28. "You said I was going to leave so many times it became a self-fulfilling prophecy."
  29. "We're perfect for each other, but I don't like you anymore."
  30. "You're too short."
  31. "I am afraid of falling in love with you"
  32. "I can see you from 8-9 MWF."
  33. "I don't like sticking around college park."
  34. "I'm afraid of having sex right now, and I'm so attracted to you that I know it will happen soon if I don't leave."
  35. "I'm not over my last boyfriend from 4 months ago." (then almost immediately begins to start seeing someone else)
  36. "despite our 14 month relationship, I've never wanted things to 'go anywhere' with you. We were just 'hanging out."
  37. "'I like you too much as a person"
  38. "I'm not interested in a relationship" (the proceed to date someone ten years her senior behind her parents back; another person: proceeds to start date someone else)
  39. "You're too accomodating. And sometimes you're late."
  40. "Recent events have made me reevaluate what I'm capable of at this time."
  41. "I don't know who you are."
  42. "I feel like I'm alone with you."
  43. "I like to have _fun_."
  44. "I'm too in love with you."
  45. "....I forgot to tell you - I'm engaged and my fiance will be here this weekend."
  46. "....I forgot to tell you - I'm married."
  47. "....I've realized I'm gay."
  48. "I'm really a man"
  49. "if i go out with you then all the other losers will think that they have a shot with me"
  50. "because I'm already sleeping with your roommate"
  51. "I want to bang your roommate"
  52. "I am on a journey, i need to find myself" [proceeds to find someone else to join them within weeks of dumping you]
  53. "I want you, i love you, but i need space" [literal meaning: the rest of their life]
  54. "I love you so much it scares me" [but I have no fear of looking for someone else as soon as I can get you out the door]
  55. "My inner child is wounded" (but hes/shes still strong enough to annihilate you!)
  56. "I feel hurt over the loss of my ex" (you think you could have mentioned that before you told me I was the love of your life?)
  57. "I love you more than anything, but you keep me from having 'fun'." [fun was her code word for getting drunk and fucking a stranger.]
  58. "I just can't give you the attention you need." (then proceeds to give all his attention to a large breasted blonde)
  59. "Because today I found God... he said I should lose you because you are ruled by Satan..."
  60. "After I postponed our wedding, and while I was taking a temporary break to help understand myself better, I got married." (This was ascertained by finding a web page that mentioned the wedding).
  61. "Your eyes remind me too much of your sister..."
  62. "You're wonderful"
  63. "Well... I think of you as a friend"
  64. "I'm embarking on 6 years of celibacy, and I know that if I saw you, we'd have sex."
  65. "i don't believe in fairy tales"
  66. "... I'm afraid you'll break up with me."
  67. "I want to spend more time with my children from my previous union" (then procee ds to party with his friends during the weekend)
  68. "things are just going too well and I just can't have that."
  69. "you're too good of a kisser and it's really distracting. Yeah..."
  70. "becasue I think my wife is getting suspicious."
  71. "We have fun together and you're a great guy and all but I'm weird." She then went on to date someone who was on fun to her...
  72. "I'm not ready for a relation, but when I am, you'll be the first to know..." (A month later, another guy)...
  73. "We're complete opposites. I know how I am and I would only just end up hurting you."
  74. "...because I'm a whore! (laughing)"
  75. "let me see if I can pencil you in"
  76. "I tried to 'open you up' "
  77. "I'm not ready for a relationship, maybe I will a few years from now"
  78. "I'm allergic to men."
  79. "I cheated on you while you were away and now I am destroyed by guilt."
  80. "* you haven't changed since the last time we dated."
  81. "We have too much in common"
  82. "I just don't feel as passionate about you as I should"
  83. "Your room is too messy."
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