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I get the feeling that maybe 2 women in my life actually like me as more than a friend. I have never really had that happen and I am unfamiliar with handling it because unfortunately I do not like them in that capacity. I DO like them but they have critical things that I don't think I'd be able to move past. One of the women is 40 years old and I am 30 years old. I am personally not interested in such a large age gap relationship. However, I don't know how to say "I am not interested in you because of your age." and not have it sound fucked up.

The next woman, She is my age but she has SIX children from 3 different men. She is nice to be around and has a great personality but I am not at all interested in her six kids or whatever drama that may come from her exes. She has told me in the past she was dating some men and they would say messed up things to her about her life choices as far as the kids goes. I don't want to be rude to her but the exact reason why I wouldn't date her is indeed because she has six kids.

So in what way could I handle this and not sound fucked up? I don't want to sound mean to them because I consider both women to be my friend. Honestly, I wish I had more experience with this stuff. I have no desire to harm my friends.