confused

[timisawesome]

so i have a really good friend(a girl) and were "best friends" and have been for a few years.
lately shes been wanting to take our friendship another step to make it a relationship but she hasnt come out and said it i can just tell from how shes acting. the thing is that i dont want to go out with her cuz i know that itll hurt our friendship especially since were 14 adn were obviously not gonna get married and are gonna break up at sometime.

so when she actually comes out and says it i really dont know how to tell her no.
should i just tell her what i explained in the paragraph or say something else?

i would mainly like girls to reply to this.
guys, only reply if uve had this situation before(im sure its alot of you cuz this is prolly a very common situation)

[hesopchoie]

Ey heres what you do, think about if she would be the kind of girl who would get ticked off about a relationship being borken up. And if so then just take her somwhere, but dont make it too much like you are going out, then explain it to her. Then if she is paused say, I love you but as a friend.

[Sage]

Saying 'no' would hurt more than saying 'yes'.

[ForeverBlue]

Saying 'no' would hurt more than saying 'yes'.

This is true, but I don't think that he should lead her on like that. It would be hurtful to both of them in the end.

[Gumleaf]

i agree with foreverblue. leading someone seems to me to be more hurtful then just telling them the truth.

[x__onyx]

Saying 'no' would hurt more than saying 'yes'.
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Not true.
Saying yes would hurt more.
Tell her no and explain why.

[Giga Smashes]

This is what I did in that situation, I said that we could try going out, but if it didn't work we would go right back to being best friends. That didn't work. I don't recommend it.