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Let's just be friends
Used when gently declining romantic interest in a conversation.
Literal Meaning
We should be friends only
Actual Meaning
I'm not interested romantically - soft rejection
Examples in Context

Date: 'I think we should just be friends.' (Translation: I don't want to date you)

Helpful Tips
  • 1Usually a polite rejection
  • 2Friendship may or may not happen
  • 3Accept gracefully
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