To all the guys I didn't date.

  Firstly, let me thank you. There have been so few of you gentlemen even willing to put yourselves out there to ask me out. I applaud your courage, because even over electronics, it can be difficult to ask anyone on a date.
  Now let me apologize... because I most assuredly said no. That's right. It wasn't just you. I tend to say no to everyone. It's not because you aren't great guys. You are. If you weren't I probably would have laughed in your face instead of trying to let you down easy. I felt bad about rejecting you... truly I wrestled with it, but if you're willing to hear me out, allow me to explain myself.
  I am picky. It's true and there is no way of getting around that. I'm also fairly set in some of my ways. I'm the kind of girl who stays in with a good book or a movie. I've only been to one bar, one time in my entire life. I don't do the party scene, I don't drink, my opinions on intimacy are prudish at best, and faith and family are the most important things in my life. So when you asked, I gauged what I knew about you, about your past relationships, your social life, etc. and I realized that for us to have a compatible relationship that worked, one of us would have to change.
  I don't feel that that mindset is how anyone should go into a relationship. You can't want to change who a person is at the core of their being, because a) it won't work and 2) you deserve better. You deserve someone who will love you just for being you, not nag you about going out too much, playing too many sports or video games... You shouldn't be punished for being yourself. Don't settle. I hate to see anyone settle for a relationship that makes them miserable just because they don't want to be alone.
  Sometimes, I said no because we're friends. I don't want to ruin that... I have so few good guy friends that I would hate to make it awkward between us. Please don't hate me for saying no. Even if you're thinking that we could have gone on one date, that it wouldn't have to lead to anything serious, that's not really the kind of girl I am.
  So, all that being said, friends?
<3 Kayla