Why do guys think if you say "you just want to be friends" you want the opposite??

Question

Why do some guys think that if you say that you "appreciate their friendship and would like to hang out as FRIENDS" that you are really saying that you want a relationship or see one in the near future?? I don't like telling a guy flat out no, so I say that we can hang out as friends and see us better as friends and I do indeed appreciate their friendship. I don't tell them that to get them un-interested and when I say it I really do WANT to be friends, just not in a relationship. I just don't understand. After you tell them this they ask over and over again, "hey, you wanna go see a movie or go out this weekend on a date?" I just don't understand. OR if you don't find the right guy yet and are single then they will ask "so do you have a boyfriend yet??" SO GUYS--why do some of y'all think this? I know not all do, but if you do, why?

La Machine:

You sound like my brother! haaha silly guys! :)

Answer 1

I don't think like that, but I can tell you that it usually hurts to hear that phrase come off the lips of someone you like. Especially when you're feeling lonely. Hmmm . . . I don't know how you can solve that problem without being mean. Maybe you can hook some of these guys up with your friends? And is it really such a problem? Good night!

Answer 2

Cause most guys can't distinguish between a "girl friend" and a "girlfriend". And even if they think that they're "just friends" with a girl, subconsciously, they want them to be their "girlfriend".

Answer 3

Simple. We only think about two things. Food and sex. The rest of the stuff just sounds like the teacher from a Charlie Brown special... you know 'WaWa...Wa..WAWaWa"

Answer 4

they probably think too much, or maybe the guy who thinks this way likes you.