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 A guy likes me and I don't like him back. Not romantically. He's just my friend, who I care a lot about and like just as my friend.

He's coming in pretty hard from multiple angles...from calling me beautiful, to asking me to go do different activities with him, and I don't know what to say. 

I'm pretty much creating excuses not to hang out, at least not while he is doing this, but I don't want it to go on too long and don't know what to say. What do I do?? I'm too old for this shit! 
 do not make an excuse. No is a complete sentence, eh 
 Tell him you are too old for his high school shit. 
 Print a stack of business cards with just "No." on them. Hand it to him every time he makes an advancement. When he gets home to see a mountain of business cards, he'll be enlightened.