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i agree.......may not be his fault.......cant help himself

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 773842)

I think maybe reading a book on etiquette may be more helpful.

No one likes to lie but most of us do commit a few social fibs, side steps and excuses.

Here are some suggestions;

I would love to but I have an appointment.

I was just leaving, I am sorry we can't visit right now.

I can't invite you in, my girlfriend hasn't left and she is shy and she can't find her shoes. We just got her underwear off the chandelier.

I was just going to the market.

I have other plans.

The toilet is clogged and we have a mess, perhaps another time?

I am so sorry but the (choose the opposite political party from his) group are meeting here in a few minutes and I have to run and get candles.

HOWEVER, if your friend is like mine, waiting for them to draw breath so you can actually SAY any of these things may be difficult.

I think that some people just do not take the hints and subtleties we give them. They somehow take the pleasant suggestions as affirmations that there is a relationship.

In these cases we just have to be downright blunt in our responses.

I have had to the "sorry, but I really am not interested in playing golf with you" a couple of times to a loud mouthed individual, who used every profanity in the book while on the golf course. Not that I am by any means a saint, but I do set personal standards and the limits as to what I will tolerate from others. Sorry, but I don't play by their rules.

There certainly are some imaginative posters here and even though no one knows who this person is the OP has unwittingly subjected this poor guy to unwanted and unwelcome and perhaps unfair scrutiny.

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Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken (Post 773373)

OP, I am a little confused, which is an improvement over most days. Are you saying that you are OK with sharing time and space with this person but you just want them to quit talking so much or do you want them out of your life completely?

Good question! No, talking less would not be enough because of certain things he says. It's also the content of his character that bothers me.

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Originally Posted by Patty55 (Post 773420)

From my experience, people with real ties to organized crime don't blab about it to casual "friends". Jerky guys trying to impress a girl will allude to being connected.

Maybe he likes you or maybe he's just a bit loopy.

You are correct; there wasn't any blabbing about it. How about loopy and connected?

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I'm restraining myself from answering too many posts because I'm afraid I'll get carried away and say too much. I even went back and deleted as much as I could. I deleted the opening post. But when people hit the quote button to quote me, I can't delete that.

Perhaps the untold part of this story can be completed in another thread at some later time. It could be helpful to me and perhaps helpful to others who might otherwise get caught up in the same situation.