How do I tell him to leave me alone?

If you don't answer he might just think you haven't yet checked your message, right? If you do answer, it should be carefull thought out ahead of time.

Say something honest about the relationship between you being dysfunctional and that you believe it would probably be better for the both of you if you did not contiue to associate too closely with one another. Let him know that you will continue to be polite, but you don't feel like the two of you should be friends anymore.
That's what I would say.

Don't let this person continue to use you. Ignore his messages, if he calls don't answer the phone and eventually he will get the hint and find someone else to take advantage of. If he makes it necessary for you to be one, don't be afraid to be a b*tch. Moochers have thick skin and sometimes you have to be very firm with them in order to get rid of them.

I agree with the first response.

Anyway. If after all that talk and confrontation, nothing still happened and he didn't change.. Well. Just say it to him straight, to leave you alone. So that he will know that you are unhappy and that you want out. Telling him straight can also lead to make him realize that you are being serious. Why linger if he can't take a hint? Stop dropping hints, go straight. I do not think he's worthy of your time anyway if what he does is use you. What a friend he is.

Telling someone in the face "leave me alone," works for me. The person who kept bugging me left me alone. We were friends in the first place. He suddenly changed. Some people just don't understand hints. Anyway, just have to have some guts.

Sometimes you have to be mean to be nice.

You are the better judge in such situation and you know him better than we do. The account that you provided is not sufficient to read out a person. Still as we know this is a problem for you and has been thrown as a topic for discussion we can put some ideas.

It seems you are no more interested in him, and hope yo were not in love with him. Not knowing to drive a car can not be a minus point for any normal human being id interested to learn can learn within a couple of days.

But his befriending you once and again wishing to go along smells fishy of his nature as a whole. He is not at all stable and serious thinker. Most of the time he acts on whims rather than applying his wit.

So the conclusion is draw a line and say bye bye.

Good day... I think there's no other or better way of saying it than saying it straight up. That you don't want to be with him anymore and it's better for him to let you be.

hi friend....even i have got a friend, and she is my best friend...but my case is not the same as yours, but in my case, she used to share everything with me and i also used to do the same thing with her, without hiding anything between each of us....but i don't know what happened all of a sudden, about two months back, i was out of station for about 2 weeks, and in this meanwhile, something has happened to her, and she didn't share that at all with me till date, and she changed her life so much....i am really missing her so much, i don't know when will realise that i am missing her, and let our relationship come back to the previous stage....i find so many changes in her now....

coming to your case, you found out that he cheated you, then if you believe that you can trust him, then you can forgive him, else if you wanna just get rid of him, then stop answering to his calls, don't meet him, just start ignoring him, then he himself will realise that you are ignoring him and leave you....in simple words, you can say it as "ignoring is the special way to say, I DON'T CARE"...happy myLOtting!!

hi there..
i think you better tell him the truth that you wanted him to leave you alone. it is not mean to do so because you did it for your own good. he should understand you. if answer his message if you just ignore it he might think you havent read it and he will keep annoying you. good luck to you..=)

I think honesty is the best way to deal with this situation. Just tell him what you really think about your relationship. Make him understand that you feel you are being taken advantage of and that friendship has nothing to do with this type of behavior. You don't have to be mean, just a bit more assertive. I don't think he is willing to take any hint and it should be better to talk to him face to face.

maybe a white lie would be a good idea.

If you cannot just tell him then you should try to avoid contacting with him, you should let him realize that you are no more interest in him. Its you that believe him as a friend but if he betrayed you i don't think there is no more place to think about, you have to be strong before its too late to you or he could be more defensive to you, if you delay it for few more days.