Well, that just proves how worthless our emotions are - not to say their really worthless, but you can't put much trust in them, yet you made a long term promise with this guy that you would go out with him, and despite that, you never reserved the commitment to hold up your promise . . It would be impossible not to break his heart, but the best you could do is to try to tell him in a nice way, hopefully he will be mature enough to accept the truth. The bigger problem is that when one is hurt in this manner, the closer you are to that person, the more painful it is for that person, because you're close, but he knows he can't be with you . .
Well . . its a result of what you sowed, you'd have to clear it up somehow - and no matter how you try to wrap the truth, he'll still open the wrapping to find out whats really inside . .
My brother kinda went amok thanks to something like this, so I sort of feel for him . . . . WEll . . lets just hope hes grown up a bit since then . .
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The key to victory is the element of surprise.
When that doesn't work, I guess I just gotta gun you down.