How friendly would you be with a friend you knew liked you?

[Gobacktopartycity1]

Just seeing it from another point of view.
Say if you had a friend of your preferred gender who you knew liked you, you didn't feel the same but wanted to be friends, would you carry on as normal? Set some boundaries?
Like would you meet up with them alone, still message them a lot etc.
I think if it were me I'd probably just stick to group meetings and still chat but just not like a close friendship as such.

I think it really depends on the person and the general dynamic, and also whether you’ve actually had a conversation with them about the fact that you’re not looking for anything more than friendship.

I'd be just like you OP. I wouldn't want them to feel like there might be a chance or be able to misconstrue anything.

I had this a lot at school and work. And it felt horrible. I couldn't stay friends with them after some time was too awkward as they always had "hope". Even when they were in relationships. It was horrible. And even after not seeing them for a long time they still had hope and it messed up their own paths in life.

I'd back away as I'd feel I'm stringing them along and any friendliness would be misconstrued

I mustn't be very attractive as I've hardly ever been in this situation 😂 but yeah, it's a shame but it would feel awkward

I had this in work, I had to basically take it back to a professional relationship, as even when I’d spelled out plainly that nothing would never happen romantically, she still would ‘jokingly’ make a pass at me or joke about me being the one, when she’d been drinking.

Wow that's so uncomfortable :(

I would back off a bit because it is incredibly cruel to even unintentionally give someone hope when you know you're not interested. Yes ideally friendship should be seen as exactly that but human beings aren't known for being logical and you don't know if the person is going over every interaction and reading things into it or even just thinking you might change your mind. It's just unfair imo. So I'd not see them 1:1 and keep it to group events for a bit.

I would cut it off completely as I think any friendliness could be misconstrued.