DragonflyBlade21: A woman has a close male friend. This means
              that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs
              around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always
              starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in
              that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going
              to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great
              resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for,
              but we're not going to hire you. We will, however, use your
              resume as the basis for comparison for all other applicants.
              But, we're going to hire somebody who is far less qualified
              and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn't work out,
              we'll hire somebody else, but still not you. In fact, we will
              never hire you. But we will call you from time to time to
              complain about the person that we hired.