9. There's a slight difference in our ages.
8. I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way.
7. My life is too complicated right now.
6. I've got a boyfriend.
5. I don't date men where I work.
4. It's not you, it's me.
3. I'm concentrating on my career.
2. I'm celibate.
1. Let's be friends.
10. I think of you as a brother.
(You remind me of that inbred banjo-playing geek in "Deliverance.")
(I don't want to do my dad.)
(You are the ugliest dork I've ever laid eyes on.)
(I don't want you spending the whole night or else you may hear phone calls from all the other guys I'm seeing.)
(I prefer my male cat and a half gallon of Ben and Jerry's.)
(I wouldn't date you if you were in the same 'solar system', much less the same building.)
(It's you.)
(Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you.)
(I've sworn off only the men like you.)
(I want you to stay around so I can tell you in excruciating detail about all the other men I meet . It's the male perspective thing.)
9. There's a slight difference in our ages.
8. I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way.
7. My life is too complicated right now.
6. I've got a girlfriend.
5. I don't date women where I work.
3. I'm concentrating on my career.
2. I'm celibate.
1. Let's be friends.
10. I think of you as a sister.
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
4. It's not you, it's me.
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
(You're ugly.)
(You're sinfully ugly.)