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How To REJECT a Friend Who Likes You Without Being MEAN

The Josh Speaks
5 min readJan 21, 2023

Is there someone in your life that you consider a really close friend but there’s one major problem, they have a huge crush on you and you don’t really know how to navigate that?

Don’t worry, I’m going to walk you through how to tip-toe around that situation without hurting their feelings and without destroying your friendship. It is possible let me teach you how.

Normally, I’m teaching you how to get with your crush but this is kind of the opposite situation. This is a close friend that likes you and you want to kind of just let them know that you just want to be friends, so how do you do that?

Rule #1: You have to be clear and open about what you want.

This is the only way that’s going to prevent you from leading them on. Even if you’re doing it accidentally it’s very easy to just fall into the trap of consuming this person’s praise and attention. Who doesn’t like compliments? Who doesn’t like someone following them around and messaging them and just looking at them with…

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The Josh Speaks
The Josh Speaks

Written by The Josh Speaks

Josh is an inspirational speaker, YouTuber, and author of the self-help book “Embracing The Awkward” for teens and young adults. https://thejoshspeaks.com

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