Blimey, reading this thread has cheered me up no end, made me realise there ARE people out there with even less clue about the dating game than me!
Soma_Rich, for future reference mate, spoken word is the way to do it. Over the phone, or face to face, email/text is generally way too impersonal. Fair enough if it worked this time and you remain friends, but I wouldn’t remain friends with anyone that dumped me via text or email!
Anyway, it was 2 dates. No issues. “Sorry, I think you’re nice, but I just don’t fancy you enough to start a relationship, I would love to be friends though” is all it requires.
Meeting nice girls is FAR more of a problem than dumping the unsuitable ones, even if it’s not a nice thing to have to do anyway.