If you made me some food, and I said: “I’m sorry, but I really do not like the taste of this food.” that would be a polite way of saying to you: “I would rather I did like this food, because I like you as a person. But because of my respect for you, I am being honest. I do not like the food.”
Once I got that exact response from my friend’s hot sister and I believe she honestly meant it. I think she saw the embarrassment on my face. Neither of us wanted to make it any more awkward.
“Sorry” = not honest
She deserved to be called a birch salient
“Sorry” = an attempt to be polite. What’s the better response? Is just a straight “No thanks” going to go over better?
Genuinely asking, what’s the best way to reject a date offer if, “Sorry, not interested” is the wrong response?
I wasn’t really being serious but I would say, yes
Sorry = something has gone wrong
No thanks = I’m not interested in an offer but also not apologizing for my actions
Anybody who responds to rejection this way will likely handle it poorly no matter what but don’t frame it as your own failure
If you made me some food, and I said: “I’m sorry, but I really do not like the taste of this food.” that would be a polite way of saying to you: “I would rather I did like this food, because I like you as a person. But because of my respect for you, I am being honest. I do not like the food.”
Once I got that exact response from my friend’s hot sister and I believe she honestly meant it. I think she saw the embarrassment on my face. Neither of us wanted to make it any more awkward.