I awoke today to a beautiful bouquet of roses at my front door from the older man I spoke of earlier on this site. All day long, I was trying to figure out how to handle the situation, because I'm not really interested in being this man's barbie doll for show and tell with his buddies, solving his lonliness dilema, or being his bed partner either. I thought it was very nice that he sent me the roses, and wanted to thank him anyway, as it's the proper thing to do. So, after my company left for the evening, I ran over there and taped a thank you card on his screen door. His front door was open, and I could see him sitting on his sofa, but I knew if I knocked to tell him thank you, he would invite me in for a beer, and try to convince me once again that I should take him up on his offer. Last weekend he tried to kiss me, and told me not to wear a bra if I came over to visit him in the future. That was a complete turn off to me as I barely know the man, and had told him it was only a week since I last saw the man I've been with for the last few years. I just can't do what he's asking me, as I go with my heart when it comes to men, and thought a simple 'thank you' should suffice, and he will understand that I don't want to hang out with him otherwise, or I would have knocked on his door like he probably expected me to. I am curious as to others thoughts on this. I still have to live near this man, regardless of what I do or don't do. I'm thinking if he approaches me again, I will have no choice but to be very blunt with him also. I hate being rude or mean to a man that shows attention to me because they like me, but, this man certainly wasn't looking to get to know me better as a person, so I think it'll be easy for me to get my point across with him, and not feel bad about hurting his feelings in the process.