I’m not signing a contract with everyone I speak to, to be best friends forever.
I’m allowed to take a step back, change my mind and disengage based on their behaviour and actions.
When someone is clearly saying,
“I’m not interested in speaking to you”
and setting a clear verbal/non-verbal boundary,
You are supposed to stay away.
Period.
If you encroach their space even after that, it’s called forcing and harassment.
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Also,
As I mentioned previously,
When you are regular to a restaurant or a place,
You casually say hello and say 2 words when you see them.
That’s casual and that’s not friendship.
Everyone does it.
You can’t overstep their boundary and force,
when all they are doing is being casual and they are clearly telling you that they are not interested.