I have this friend of mine that I've known since kindergarten, and despite the fact that we're pretty different, we enjoy socializing with one-another and we get along pretty well. Lately though, it seems like they've been trying to turn the relationship romantic, and I'm just not interested. I like them as a friend, but I just can't see myself in a relationship with another person at this point in my life. And now I'm stressing that I might be sending the wrong message or playing dumb. I've never really been in a situation like this before. :/

Can you explain why you think it's trying to be more? How old are you guys? Do you think a change in the relationship status could ruin what you have or deepen it?

I'm pretty straightforward so i would just ask.

What is going on between us? I feel tension about our relationship as friends.

I believe we are not on the same page here- I feel like you're pushing our friendship somewhere that we aren't agreeing on.

If all else fails, try announcing loudly and often HOW GREAT A FRIEND they are and how GLAD YOU ARE TO HAVE THEM AS A FRIEND XD

I think that if you guys have been friends for so long it should be easy to talk to them. I'm not negating the fact that talking about touchy things like that will be hard but you should be able to communicate well with that person. Maybe first see if that's what they're truly implying? Ask if they are romantically interested in you? Or say that you're really not interested in relationships right now with anyone. It's not a point in your life that you're really into that.

I have been in situations like that and it was eating me alive. It turned out the person did have feelings for me and even today still makes me feel awkward because he couldn't give up on those feelings. I, on the other hand, loved them very dearly as a friend. They couldn't understand that. I think that maybe just being blunt and to the point but still genuine and nice might help kind of squash any of the feelings that person may be progressively happen. It's human nature to sometimes see someone as a friend as maybe a future companion.

Good luck!

Just talk to them, find out whats going on.