Breaking the news without breaking the heart

Willard has a situation. Willard has been seeing a great girl for the past few weeks, but he has decided to not pursue a relationship with her anymore. She has actually taken a lot of initiative, which Willard has appreciated, but that means she’s still going to invite Willard to dinner (probably tonight).

Willard obviously shouldn’t lead her on at all, but he wants to break the news in the best way – the way that will hurt the girl’s feelings least and make her feel the respect Willard has for her.

Yesterday, Willard’s friend said to tell the girl openly that he appreciates her but has decided to pursue someone else (this is true. There’s another great girl that Willard thinks might be a better fit for him, and he’s taking her out on Friday). That way, she won’t feel like the only reason is that Willard doesn’t like her.

So even though the first girl might feel bad, and Willard might feel uncomfortable telling her, he’s going to do it so she can move on to life after Willard, which should be pretty good.

Willard is a brave and caring man.