It's the phrases that hurt you more deeply than any other. The words that crush your soul and break your heart. The words you've heard so many times, over and over, when you've had so much hope and so much promise, only to be denied so harshly that it's worse than simply being told "no." Being turned down flatly would be more respectful than this.

"I don't like you like that."

"I like you as a friend."

"I like you...I just don't like-like you."

"I wouldn't want to ruin our friendship."

Hear this hammered into your mind. Listen to Me find and atta... Show more