{"id":191,"date":"2012-08-18T21:34:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T21:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=191"},"modified":"2015-07-17T15:01:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:01:55","slug":"how-to-turn-her-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/how-to-turn-her-down","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Her Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/askmenturn.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-192\" title=\"askmenturn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/askmenturn-300x196.gif\" alt=\"Gamer Dating Advice: How to Turn Her Down\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/askmenturn-300x196.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/askmenturn.gif 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Getting turned down is tough to hear, but it&#8217;s even harder to say. \u00a099% of the time, daters online or offline simply go for the avoidance route: if she doesn&#8217;t call, text, or message you back, chances are she&#8217;s moved on. \u00a0If you&#8217;re on the receiving end, that route can especially hurt, especially if you really liked him or her. \u00a0AskMen.com recently published an interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/category\/dating-advice\" target=\"_blank\">dating advice<\/a> article on just that: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askmen.com\/top_10\/dating\/how-to-turn-her-down.html\" target=\"_blank\">How to Turn Her Down<\/a>. \u00a0The sad thing however, is that the entire article pushes readers to do the worst and simply avoid whenever possible, and in almost every scenario, whether he\/she is your friend, friend of a friend, co-worker, etc. \u00a0It&#8217;s the easy way out, and I say you should avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>If you want out guys, be a man and tell her the truth. \u00a0Or if you don&#8217;t want to be honest, then at least just tell her <em>something<\/em>: you found someone else, you didn&#8217;t see the relationship going anywhere, etc. \u00a0At LFG Dating it can be as simple as sending her a message, an email, or even a quick phone call. \u00a0She may get mad, but in the long run she&#8217;ll appreciate that you didn&#8217;t string her along. \u00a0Think about times when you liked someone only to hear nothing in return after date number two or three?<\/p>\n<p>It takes two minutes fellas.<\/p>\n<p>Thank to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askmen.com\" target=\"_blank\">AskMen.com<\/a> for the column! \u00a0And if you haven&#8217;t signed up at LFG yet, what are you waiting for? 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