I don't respect someone who can't be straight about that sort of thing and don't consider it tricky personally. I wouldn't associate with someone like that personally.
You wouldn't want to associate with me then Soots because I'd rather tell a white lie than hurt somebody's feelings. On the other hand if somebody is really pestering me and can't take a gentle hint, I am capable of telling him to bugger off. I'm just glad I'm out of all that singles thing now. I seemed to have spent a year avoiding unwanted advances when I was perfectly happy being single at the time.