I'm straight and my female friend asked me out. How to reject her so she's not hurt?

[Hanne]

We've been friends for about a year now but we never really talked about our private life. We're very alike, like the same music, books, movies, pretty much everything. So we used to talk about that for hours every day, go to the cinema together (because obviously we wanted to see the same movies) and I still consider her a very good friend. We would fangirl over hot male celebrities a lot so I would never think she may like girls too, but recently she started acting weird and a few days ago she just asked me out via facebook. I laughed and told her I have to go (I'm a coward I know). I really like her and I'm afraid our friendship will end but I don't want to date her because I don't feel anything for her. I wouldn't say I'm 100% straight but still I don't find her attractive. What should I do?

[Ford_Craney]

Tell her you are not romantically attracted to her but you love her as a friend and that is all it will ever be.She will be hurt but no matter if you ignore her or tell her, she is going to be hurt.She would rather have an honest answer in a kind manner than be left hanging.

[Annie]

Tell her you are straight. You don't want to lead her on. Tell her you are straight, but you want to be friends and don't want this to ruin your friendship. Also, do this in person, not on the internet, so you can gauge her reactions.

[Nate]

just tell her that you are straight, and you do not like her that way, and that it is nothing personal at all, and if you were a lesbian, you would go out with her, but your not, just like she is not straight. and tell her that you have no problem being friends, and that you are sure she will find someone else better.

[Kels]

Given that you say "friends" perhaps loosely, though you have a lot of common interests, going out with her, call it a date if that helps need not have any sexual connotations attached. Plus you don't say she has ever approached you that way. You are certainly over thinking self imposed definitions friend and possibly what gay is. I've been a gay female since conception, now 24. I have a close circle of friends of both genders and various orientations. I can shop with any of them, go to theater, museums, clubs perhaps, but none of us judge each other. Oh, by the way, you claim you may not be 100% straight. You might have elaborated on that.

[john]

Just tell her you are straight. If she is your friend she will respect it. If she doesn't she never was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLSu_zUgF9M

[CoolM]

Hey! You can just simply say to her that you like her as a friend and you have never thought of her that way! You don’t need to give her friendship up, you can still be friends, I am sure she will understand!
Good luck!