Implications of the adjective "sweet"

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When someone tells you you're sweet it's supposed to be a compliment and all, but I've also heard that it can be used as a nice way of saying "I want nothing to do with you (other than as a friend, but not a close one)".
Thoughts?

I really doubt you'll ever get to the bottom of that one. It'll never mean the same thing twice, half the time it won't even mean the same thing from the same person. Lets just say take context first - if it sounds fake or it sounds like they're trying to say "f--- off" then that's probably what it is, if it sounds sincere then you could probably just take it as you usually would.

If someone says "you're sweet," you have every right to say, "you mean that, or is it another way of telling me to get lost, 'cause I don't want to force myself on anyone, but if you mean it, you're sweet too."

And let it go from there.

Good Luck
BTDT

It just means what it means. I've said it to guys I don't want a relationship with, but I also say it regularly of the guy I'm absolutely crazy over... because it's true.

The whole "girls don't like nice guys" thing is a myth. Don't listen.

I can confirm that it can be used in that way, but that certainly isn't the only way.

It depends on the situation, on the people involved, on the unknowable part of just what's going on in the other person's mind. Well, unless they tell you in different ways than just that one adjective.