Agreed to a date I don't want to go on...
I'll just jump into this...hopefully you guys can give me some guidance
I was working last night and ended up working with a guy I don't know who doesn't usually work there. Work wasn't very hard, so we mostly just hung out. He seemed nice enough, and at the end of the night asked for my number. He also suggested we go out sometime this weekend to local bars, with my friends (I told him I often go out on the weekends).
I thought he was nice, but wasn't interested *that way* in him. However, I didn't know how to tell him no. I suppose I also have somewhat low self-esteem and figure that I should count myself lucky to have someone interested in me.
He's been texting me all day long and I can't answer. I can't go. I have been having a really tough time, and a really tough year, and don't think I can handle it. On top of it all, my Lab mix is currently very, very sick with bone cancer and liver failure and we'll probably be putting her down this weekend. I lost my Sheltie to kidney failure just this last February, so honestly I am just absolutely spent.
I don't know how to say it, as I don't want to upset the guy and I don't want it to look like I'm dodging him or being mean, as he genuinely seemed to like me and I may run into him again. But I just...can't. What do I do?
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