Yes Lyndsey, he was asking for your number. "Information" is an indirect way of finding it out, if not more, in order to hunt you down, club you, and drag you back to our subterranean caves by your oh-so-soft hair. We, the male, are cunning in our ways and will use our vastly superior brains to expertly delude ourselves whilst we lay alone in the dead of the night- among our Star Wars memorabilia and alphabetically organized smut- that by "I just want to be friends," you did in fact mean, "Please, ravage me now and ravage me fierce."
In other words, he's taken all of your concerns over why it couldn't work into account- he just manages not to care. By now he's put his feelings away in a conveniently crushable box with an even more convenient hair trigger, prepped and ready to be pulled and subsequently crushed no matter how you let him down.
There are, of course, a couple of ways around the overwhelming guilt that accompanies crushing his hopes, dreams, and I doubt it would be going to far to even say his mortal soul. The first would be to mention a boyfriend in a casual, but not pointed, manner. This tells him you're spoken for and drives home a clear message that all you want is to be friends. The second- not to mention my favourite- is not giving a damn! Rain down upon his affections with a barrage of swift and merciless ego-shattering blows!
Hell, make it in to a game! Record his progress from how confidant and friendly he seems now to how much of an empty shell of his former, hopeful self you can make him in days to come! How well you do depends on the severity of the rejection. Bonus points are awarded for style. I would suggest accepting his advances only to be soon followed by a detailed drawing of a waste-transport vehicle entering the little known town of "Dumpsville." Include a sign welcoming the truck to its new and very permanent home which reads, "Population: You." This depiction effectively likens the situation at hand and doubles as carrying the point that yes, the age gap is too significant for a healthy and meaningful relationship and also that yes, you are out of his league.
Then again, he might just think you're older than you really are.
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!! I read this in the morning before I had that class and it totally set me off on the right foot. Unfortunately (or fortunately) you were wrong... he wan't interested in getting my number OR dragging me back to his cave... he's engaged!
In other words, he's taken all of your concerns over why it couldn't work into account- he just manages not to care. By now he's put his feelings away in a conveniently crushable box with an even more convenient hair trigger, prepped and ready to be pulled and subsequently crushed no matter how you let him down.
There are, of course, a couple of ways around the overwhelming guilt that accompanies crushing his hopes, dreams, and I doubt it would be going to far to even say his mortal soul. The first would be to mention a boyfriend in a casual, but not pointed, manner. This tells him you're spoken for and drives home a clear message that all you want is to be friends. The second- not to mention my favourite- is not giving a damn! Rain down upon his affections with a barrage of swift and merciless ego-shattering blows!
Hell, make it in to a game! Record his progress from how confidant and friendly he seems now to how much of an empty shell of his former, hopeful self you can make him in days to come! How well you do depends on the severity of the rejection. Bonus points are awarded for style. I would suggest accepting his advances only to be soon followed by a detailed drawing of a waste-transport vehicle entering the little known town of "Dumpsville." Include a sign welcoming the truck to its new and very permanent home which reads, "Population: You." This depiction effectively likens the situation at hand and doubles as carrying the point that yes, the age gap is too significant for a healthy and meaningful relationship and also that yes, you are out of his league.
Then again, he might just think you're older than you really are.
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