This guy who liked me but I didn't like him keeps writing depressed LJ entries and putting up afk messages on AIM which I am pretty sure are supposed to be about me. I guess he is trying to make me feel guilty (which I guess is somewhat working.. orz) but I don't really know what to do. He never actually asked me out, so I never really had an opprotunity to turn him down, but I know he likes me. I stopped talking to him because I didn't want to lead him on. I guess I should just get a backbone and tell him I don't like him, but at the same time, I would feel weird and arrogant saying "I'm not interested in you, leave me alone!!" when he never told me he likes me... But from how he acts it's REALLY obvious he wants to be more then friends.

So anyway he keeps on making depressed(emo) posts, artwork, ect and making up all these reasons in his head about why I don't like him... I feel guilty seeing that he is in pain, but he never says they are about me directly, so it seems it would be weird for me to say something. (They could technically be about someone else and I am just thinking too highly of myself assuming they are about me and I hurt him that badly?)

I also worry that the truth of why I don't like him would hurt him more then the imaginary reasons in his head. His reasons usually revolve around his looks and his social standing. In other words, he says it's because he's an "ugly nerd". The truth is he's not ugly, and he is only a semi-nerd. (I meanwhile, am a HUGE nerd, so that reason makes no sense, being a nerd is a plus if anything.) The real reasons are he has anger issues, drinking issues, is extremely sensitive and clingy, and is always cracking jokes I find painfully unfunny (I have a strange sense of humor, I admit, but still, it takes the fun out of hanging out with him.)

Anyway, I dunno if I am really asking for advice or just trying to get this off my chest. He doesn't talk to me much anymore, I just have the guilty feeling left, and we never cut off our online ties so I still see him complain about it all the time. I have never really gotten to talk about it much cause I hate being a gossip, and some of my friends are his friend and all that, but I guess if I post here, it can't hurt anything and will let me talk about it safely with people who will never know who he is anyway.

Thanks for listening to a long ramble.... m(_ _)m

And maybe this thread should move to the love and romance section?