*sigh* Advice would be useful.

[Lurch1982]

That's a tough one. Basically, you're walking a tightrope right now, if you go too light, he won't get the idea, but if you go to heavy, he'll take it too hard. Regardless of how you put it, you're better off trying to break this off now as opposed to waiting around a few weeks (since emotions build up and everything). Generally, I'd say the best approach would be to get him alone (not in front of a crowd) and tell him basically that you're not ready for anything serious, but you'd still like to be friends, get to know him, and then whatever happens after that happens (if you use it, clean up the wording).

[Heroine of the Dragon]

Hmmm DGS... I feel for ya!

I agree with Lurch... if you want to be just friends, tell him soon. He may feel bad and you can still be friends if he takes it hard, but you will have to work at it if that's the case.

Good luck with this.

[Shinigami]

Shinigami's Helpful Advice:

Tell him that smells funny, and that the only way he can have you is to smell like rotten chicken. TELL ME IF HE RUBS ROTTEN CHICKEN ON HIMSELF! It's a true testament of love...aww...

In all seriousness, uh... You're a girl, right? I mean, don't you women just have a barrel of these one-liners that are supposed to let men down easily? Like... "Let's just be friends!"

Anyway, I'd hate to break it to you, but you can't be "just friends" now. Once you enter a relationship, well...that friendly stage is kind of gone, you dig? Usually, no man wants to be friends with a woman who practically ditched him, either.

Anyway, to make a long, stupid story short (too late, eh? Heheh.), you're basically in some deep mud.