--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Either you like me as more than a friend…" description: "\"Either you like me as more than a friend or you don't, so stop leading me on and getting my hopes up if you aren't going to follow through.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg" --- # Either you like me as more than a friend or you don't, so… ![“Either you like me as more than a friend or you don't, so stop leading me on and getting my hopes up if you aren't going to follow through.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg) > “Either you like me as more than a friend or you don't, so stop leading me on and getting my hopes up if you aren't going to follow through.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Inconsistent behavior creates false hope and emotional harm. **In simple terms:** Stop giving mixed signals. Key Takeaway Be clear and consistent. Themes relationships communication trust Mood reflective empathetic Type advisory relationship When to use this quote - dating - friendships - work collaborations - family dynamics Key Concepts psychology boundary setting expectations Questions to Reflect On - Are you unintentionally leading others on? - How can you set clearer boundaries? A Different Perspective People may misinterpret ambiguous actions. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend/) [Friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friendship/) [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) ## Related quotes > [Don't ask me why I'm treating you cold, I'm not. I just quit trying and expecting. I'm tired of getting my hopes up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-ask-me-why-i-m-treating-you-cold-i-m-not-i-just-quit-trying-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals, and hopes, but there aren't a lot who get to see them realized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-perry/there-are-a-lot-of-people-who-have-dreams-goals-and-hopes-but-there/) [Tyler Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-perry/) > [Stop leading me on just to leave me. Its a never ending cycle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stop-leading-me-on-just-to-leave-me-its-a-never-ending-cycle/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If you say that you're over me, then STOP texting me! fine, you're over me. just stop leading me on, texting me...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-say-that-you-re-over-me-then-stop-texting-me-fine-you-re-over/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Please stop leading me on if you know we aren't going anywhere...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/please-stop-leading-me-on-if-you-know-we-aren-t-going-anywhere/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im so sick of you getting my hopes up only to break me down all over again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-so-sick-of-you-getting-my-hopes-up-only-to-break-me-down-all-over/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Getting my hopes up and being let down constantly, is one of my best talents...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/getting-my-hopes-up-and-being-let-down-constantly-is-one-of-my-best/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being lied to, getting your hopes up then being let down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-lied-to-getting-your-hopes-up-then-being-let-down/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I hate getting my hopes up and then being very disappointed in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-hate-getting-my-hopes-up-and-then-being-very-disappointed-in-the-end/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [All leaders are learners. The moment you stop learning, you stop leading. I learn as much as I can, from as many as I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/all-leaders-are-learners-the-moment-you-stop-learning-you-stop/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) > [the moment you stop learning, you stop leading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/the-moment-you-stop-learning-you-stop-leading/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) > [“I got home and I thought I should stop leading so aimless an existence. It is harder than you might think to stop leading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-dewitt/i-got-home-and-i-thought-i-should-stop-leading-so-aimless-an/) [Helen DeWitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-dewitt/) > [That awkward moment when you see a friend across the parking lot and flip them the bird.. only to realize that its a total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/that-awkward-moment-when-you-see-a-friend-across-the-parking-lot-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [What we care about is, when faced with a problem and you're a member of a team, do you, at the appropriate time, step…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laszlo-bock/what-we-care-about-is-when-faced-with-a-problem-and-you-re-a-member/) [Laszlo Bock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laszlo-bock/) > [If you’re not interested in getting better, it’s time for you to stop leading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-lencioni/if-you-re-not-interested-in-getting-better-it-s-time-for-you-to-stop/) [Patrick Lencioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-lencioni/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Friend quotes > [I'm trying to write a film with my friend. 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She, of all of my friends, had seen the parade of sad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-groff/but-my-best-friend-from-college-was-silent-for-a-long-time-she-of-all/) [Lauren Groff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-groff/) > [“way. A true friend isn't the one that agrees with everything you say or do. A true friend is someone that has your back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shameek-speight/way-a-true-friend-isn-t-the-one-that-agrees-with-everything-you-say/) [Shameek Speight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shameek-speight/) > [No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/no-one-is-completely-unhappy-at-the-failure-of-his-best-friend/) [Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/) > [“The real purpose of friendship was to discover and exploit weakness in others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-thompson/the-real-purpose-of-friendship-was-to-discover-and-exploit-weakness/) [Brian Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-thompson/) > [That FRIEND who claim they do anything for you. but yet talk behind your back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kushsoulja/that-friend-who-claim-they-do-anything-for-you-but-yet-talk-behind/) KushSoulja > [In life, we never lose friends we only get to know who the true ones are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ace-kid/in-life-we-never-lose-friends-we-only-get-to-know-who-the-true-ones/) [Ace Kid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ace-kid/) > [“Before you were my enemy, you were my best friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kresley-cole/before-you-were-my-enemy-you-were-my-best-friend/) [Kresley Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kresley-cole/) > [Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my friend again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-chbosky/sam-dropped-me-off-when-she-was-too-far-away-to-see-me-i-started-to/) [Stephen Chbosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-chbosky/) > [“When you get lost in a really strange place, nothing is more comforting than found your friend whom you trust and can show the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/when-you-get-lost-in-a-really-strange-place-nothing-is-more/) [Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/) > [Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed; and it is consolatory to think, that although we can seldom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-boswell/friendship-the-wine-of-life-should-like-a-well-stocked-cellar-be/) [James Boswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-boswell/) > [I fell in love with my best friend, but I know that if it doesn't last, it will never be the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelly-yang/i-fell-in-love-with-my-best-friend-but-i-know-that-if-it-doesn-t-last/) Shelly Yang > [A best friend isn't someone who's just always there for you.Its someone who understands you a bit more than you understand yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/a-best-friend-isn-t-someone-who-s-just-always-there-for-you-its/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Browse all 14,984 Friend quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Either you like me as more than a friend or you don't, so stop leading me on and getting my hopes up if you aren't going to follow through.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend-or-you-don-t-so-stop-leading/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Friend" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend-or-you-don-t-so-stop-leading/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/anonymous-1_friend_either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend_754247.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Either you like me as more than a friend or you don't, so stop leading me on and getting my hopes up if you…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Either you like me as more...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend-or-you-don-t-so-stop-leading/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/either-you-like-me-as-more-than-a-friend-or-you-don-t-so-stop-leading/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```