DragonflyBlade21: A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is
probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him
strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I
don't like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of
going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you
have all the qualifications we are looking for, but we're not going to hire
you. We will, however, use your resume as the basis for comparison for all
other applicants. But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less qualified
and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out, we'll hire somebody
else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you
from time to time to complain about the person that we hired.

+/- Hackop