How to say no to a date? This post discusses polite ways to refuse and turn down a guy or girl’s proposal while avoiding overused excuses that include ‘you are not my type’ and ‘let’s just be friends’. Rejecting a proposal for a romantic relationship is all about using situation, circumstances and white lies to say no without ignoring and hurting someone’s feelings. Avoid sounding bad, rude or uptight by being nice, firm and direct at the same time. An easy way to politely refuse a guy or a girl’s proposal is to say that you have a crush on someone else.

That way you will not hurt anyone’s feelings and you will have thwarted off an unwanted advance without sounding rude.

One of the most uncomfortable things about dating is having to let a potential suitor down easy, particularly because there’s absolutely nothing.

If this describes the majority of your romantic life, I want you to open up your mind a little and start looking at things a little differently from now on. First, consider this: everyone wants a perfect partner, but few people want to be the perfect partner. For years, I probably obsessed a little too much over this part of my life. But after stumbling through one unhealthy relationship after another , I learned a very important lesson: the best way to find an amazing person is to become an amazing person.

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