Cancer Man Complicating Things

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jujube
@jujube
14 Years

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I am a Leo Woman, and this friend of mine is a cancer man, whom I have known for about 5 months.

The 2nd time I met him, he mentioned that he recently broke up with his ex girlfriend and that he went through a severe bout of depression that required psychiatric help. I sympathized with him so I gave him decided to maybe just be a good friend and give this guy a listening ear. I found out that he is a very down-to-earth person, hardworking and who was always gentlemanly and never fake. So I sort of admired him and maybe am starting to develop feelings.

The problem now is that he keeps asking me outright if I have a crush on him, or if I will ever make out with him. Of course, seeing that this is a friendship, I always said no. This problem came out of nowhere. Today however, while we were talking on the phone, he was just quiet all the time, and it was really awkward because he usually does the talking. BUT THEN the bomb dropped when he said he wanted to have sex with me. I felt insulted and I told him I had to end to phone call.

How am I supposed to counter this? I am very hurt, disturbed and am even contemplating on ending this friendship, but he has been a good friend who has helped me, and I can really sense his sincerity in this friendship. Why has it come to this? I feel very uneasy. I do not want to be his rebound sex toy, but I still want to be his friend. I just wonder what to say to him? Or should I just not take chances and end this friendship?
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AiryBri
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If you're not interested in a relationship with him your friendship probably won't work anymore. I was friends with my cancer bf at first too. He is an amazing friend and only has a few other close ones. They can't handle the long-term rejection of being around a girl they like all the time and not having anything more though.

I've had guy friends ask for more physical stuff plenty of times. I've always said no and our friendship ends. If the friendship will continue, he needs to do the work to get it back again. If all he wants is physical, and you say no to the physical, he'll be gone.

Also, he sounds mentally unstable. Be careful.