I already know that when you are dating a woman and she hits you with LJBF speech, you're supposed to decline her offer and tell her to hit you up when she changes her mind. But my question is, how do you handle the speech if you were good friends before you started dating?

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For example, I was good friends with this girl and it eventually led to us dating. We weren't exclusive but we did go on a few dates and hooked up frequently. Out of nowhere, she said she wanted to stop dating and just be friends. I said sure we can be friends with benefits but she was clear she wanted to be platonic friends. I replied sure, only because we were friends prior to us dating but I withdrew alot of my attention. Taking long to text back, always busy, declining to hangout etc. I guess I'm looking for more clarification on how to respond to this?

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