“I [hmm] you, too”
♀
“Great! That’s all I need…”
♂
“And, I think you are… good… too?”
♀
“I’m flattered that you feel so strongly about me that you would embarrass both of us like this”
♂
“I love you but not in that way or at all”
♀
“Love is just a chemical reaction in the brain, much like the crippling nausea I’m feeling right now”
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“And, I love you just as I’d love any woman who I’ve only known for four days”
♀
“Well, good for you!”
♂
“If I don’t say ‘I love you’ back, can I just give you the cash equivalent?”
♀
“Can you give me just three minutes to change your mind?”
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
Premature anything is bad, but the early I love you is beyond messy. You can’t come back from that…
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It’s like what was the best day of your life suddenly turning into the worst day of your life. I asked a girl out in high school and she said, “No”. All that remained was for me to walk out the door, which was suddenly five hundred yards away. So many were watching after that the back of my shirt caught on fire.
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“Well, good for you!” is so much better than the “Oh. Okay.” that I have used a few times in such situations. A premature confession of love is an instant brain cell killer.
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At this point, I simply dive into the nearest hedge and try to hitchhike home.
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