hav you guys ever had a female friend that you' ve known most of your lives? you were both friends , very close friends to begin with and after a while, one day you opened your eyes and realised that you have more feelings towards her?
then when u do decide to tell her how you feel she hits you with this speech??:

" .........listen, i love you too much to harm our freidnship with a relationship like boyfriend and girlfreind / couples...........the love i have for you is more than that, boyfriends come and go but you' ll be here forever............!!!"

they always add something to that if they choose to but it all sounds like that anyway........why don' t they jus come out and say that they don' t want to be with you and get it over with rather than stringing you along like a love struck puppy?