>>65605897I think communication is key. IMO past the college stage, you can reliably get decent guys to listen that you're not interested in dating, but if you don't tell them that their animal brain is going to tell them you being nice to them might be courting them, and that might make them more emotionally invested. I just learned to distinguish the two, because when a girl likes me she's always looking at me a certain way, and that makes me look back, then eyes meet then hazukashiii