One More Thought Re Friends

I left out one man in the litany. He worked at the U.S. Naval Academy and was, avocationally, an actor. (No, that's nothing like being a player.) I went out with him a handful of times, then said I'd like to be friends. He declined my generous offer. He said he had enough friends. Friends were easy for him to find. Lovers were not. If I didn't want to be his girlfriend, then I could skip being his friend.