Jeanie, I get really irritated by people who insist on "reading between the lines". I say what I mean, and nothing more. Don't look for hidden meanings, there are none.

I have about a dozen women friends, I don't sleep with any of them. JacquiC, there is a natural tension between men and women, so the best way to ease that is to communicate and settle the issue right off the bat. There are times when you will need to be adamant; some men are blockheads! If they take off after you tell them you are not interested, what have you lost?