Correction: YOU don’t like HIM like that (while sober). He’s wanted to do that for years. Anyway, he’s gonna be a little disappointed to learn that you don’t have what you consider real feelings for him and/or don’t want a repeat. BUT he probably won’t give up or stop being your friend. If anything, the biggest change on his end is that he (at least as of now) has more hope than ever. He’s prob feeling vindicated right now
Do so in person and dress sexy, comes to mind. But really it depends on what you’re hoping to accomplish? You kinda have all the cards so the biggest thing is to reflect beforehand on your feelings and how sure you are of what you want and what you don’t. You probably can’t make him (truly) give up. But whether to be friends (wb or not) is up to you and he’s likely to follow your lead on that. Unless of course you make him think it’s an obstacle to a relationship and/or sleeping with you again
i think that’s what need to do, we didn’t end up talking last night and i have no idea what to say to him. at the most we need to talk about how to tell or not tell people. we used to be able to tell people we were talking to or dating that they never had to worry about us and that nothing has ever happened, but now that something has it’ll change that :/