How do I turn down a date offer but not totally blow the guy off?
July 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
So a guy I barely know came up to me at work and said that he was looking for someone to go to the beach with next week. I told him I’d have to check my schedule but I’d let him know next time we work together. First problem is that I’m not even sure it’s a date. Second problem is I barely know him and don’t really want to spend an entire day at the beach with him. I wouldn’t be opposed to a date, but a whole day is a lot and he doesn’t need to see me in a bikini right away. I just want to know how I can make an excuse for not wanting to go to the beach but not turning down the idea entirely…
Tell him that you, because of your friends, have had waaay too much of the beach scene lately, and ask if he’d instead like to try lunch/outdoor movie or a walk somewhere else on that day, or another day if that day’s not good. If you’re trying to wait until you know him better to have any kind of date with him, then you could attempt to *unexpectedly-find-him-completely-by-accident* at one of his hangouts and chat with him a bit, or ask whomever you know about him a bit, without seeming interested, of course.
Good Luck! 
How do I turn down a date offer but not totally blow the guy off?
July 25, 2010 | 3 Comments
So a guy I barely know came up to me at work and said that he was looking for someone to go to the beach with next week. I told him I’d have to check my schedule but I’d let him know next time we work together. First problem is that I’m not even sure it’s a date. Second problem is I barely know him and don’t really want to spend an entire day at the beach with him. I wouldn’t be opposed to a date, but a whole day is a lot and he doesn’t need to see me in a bikini right away. I just want to know how I can make an excuse for not wanting to go to the beach but not turning down the idea entirely…
Tell him that you, because of your friends, have had waaay too much of the beach scene lately, and ask if he’d instead like to try lunch/outdoor movie or a walk somewhere else on that day, or another day if that day’s not good. If you’re trying to wait until you know him better to have any kind of date with him, then you could attempt to *unexpectedly-find-him-completely-by-accident* at one of his hangouts and chat with him a bit, or ask whomever you know about him a bit, without seeming interested, of course.
Good Luck!