February 21st, 2010 at 09:19pm
If you don't like him like that, you don't like him like that. It might just be you're not ready to date, and that's okay. You're only thirteen, you've got plenty of time to date in the future.
Either way, going out with someone just so you won't hurt their feelings doesn't work. It just gets their hopes up and in the end you'll probably end up hurting them more.
But don't be afriad to try things out either. Relationships ( Especially romantic ones) take a lot of work. chances are you're not going to find Mr. Right and suddenly you'll know exactly how to handle everything. You do need certain amount of practice. But you're young. You've still got plenty of time.
I'd say, if you can see this Zach guy and tell himin person that the reason you didn't want to go out with him isn't becuase you don;t like him...but that you're scared. It's harder to do it in person, but it's so much more sincere than a text or a message on facebook. If you tell him your fears about not wanted to get yourself into the mess of love yet, he will probably undrstand it.