How to Cancel a Date Without Being Rude?

Say you fixed a date with a chap whom you thought might be interesting but as it turns out, while the time to meet him nears, you seem to lose interest in him and you are not looking forward to the so-called romantic date. You want to call him up and tell him right away "I am not interested in dating you. So don't waste your time showing up yourself in that stinking t-shirt of yours". Okay, may be not so rude but at least the truth is you don't want to date someone in whom you don't have the slightest interest at all.

What you can actually do is:

• Call him up and moan that you are having a tummy bug which needs immediate attention. Sound like you are in deep pain so much that he almost feels it. Also let him know you are sorry but that there is nothing you can do about it.


• Leave a message on his phone that your parents or your boss dropped by your side out of nowhere and that you are with them right now which is why you cannot make it up for the date and also can't pick up calls.


• If you are staying at a considerable distance from his place where climatic factors differ, inform him that it suddenly started pouring cats in your locale and that there is no way you can drive through water.


• And the last one which may sound a little out- of- the way but still, it can happen to any of us. Tell him there is water block in your house and that it may take hours to fix. The least he might think is that you are making it up but then he can't supply water and make you come for the date!


• If you really can't think of anything else, the least you can do is call the person and let him know that it won't work out because you are not interested. It will offend him but people move on all the time.


• Never ignore a date because that sounds even more rude than a "No". Always inform the other person why you wouldn't want to continue meeting him. A sign of gentleness won't do any harm.

Try the above and see if you succeed in cancelling the date which you are not looking forward to at all and that too without being impolite.

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