I think I have a problem.
My friend's always tend to get a crush on me, and its extremely obvious..I avoid having relationships with friend's because my first "love" (if you can call it that) was with a close friend and didn't start or end well. That, and the fact I've never been attracted emotionally or physically to any of the ones who have confessed to me. The only time I got into a relationship with one of them was out of pity and myself being too afraid to decline, which honestly I really regret because it just hurt them more and was overall a stupid choice.
I might also wanna note I've never been attracted in any way to a person who wasn't someone online. Is this weird?
I honestly don't even want a relationship. I want love, of course, but in a friend way. I really want someone to just like me, as a person. Nowadays everyone's humour is so self deprecating and everyone just makes fun of everyone else. I'm very aware that the main people I hang out with don't like me in the slightest, only the idea of me. Which makes everything harder
However, I guess the question I would want answered with this is how turn a friend who has a crush on you down, without hurting their feelings and keeping the "friendship". If that's even possible-