ZiaAries wrote:Cambridge wrote:If I'm not interested, when she asks me to kiss her good night at her front door, I just say, “No, I don’t care to.” She usually gets the message. A momentary discomfiture is superior to weeks of not calling.
Course this is from a guy’s perspective. I donno from a woman’s perspective. But maybe you can figure out something similar.
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Huh?
She ask you to kiss her at the door?

Whether a guy or girl, I say stick your hand out to shake her or his hand (in a business-like fashion) at the end of the evening. It works every time. They won't be calling back. I learned that trick as a teen when I didn't want to be kissed or invited out by them again.

We’re making the same point, zia. I'm just a little less subtle than you. I say what I mean…I don’t use hand signals. Saying “I don’t care to kiss you” is clear and unequivocal: I have no desire for you. It’s a minute of hurt, but a world of realization. Like a hypodermic needle, it’s over in a second.
Next day: I see what you are saying (“Huh?”). Without prejudging, I would guess you are young, zia. Let me explain. When a woman’s “ten good years” are up, some changes take place. One, they don’t let a single guy out of their sight without trying to take a bite, unless the guy is clubfooted or drools. Two, what is the same thing, the balance between the sexes switches.
No doubt I am old by your standards, but I wouldn’t trade places with a guy your age for anything in the world. The tables turned, there are just too many prospects over here.

Under these circumstances, a lot of woman ask a man my age to kiss them after a date…hoping it is a prelude to a relationship. Hence, I can be so forthright.