[miss_crayon]

I can't speak for the whole female population (actually..the general public) but when people use the reason of "lets stay friends" or anything that involves being friends..it pretty much means "No chance, just forget me and be friends in the future if we can both handle the awkwardness etc"

I've used it, I'm sure others have to. It's nothing personal but the fact that we're (or were) too scared to hurt you and make it easier for us to feel less guilt.

I can say for me..I have used (and have this been used on me) this when I was younger and more inexperienced with the whole relationships/dating thing