If someone invites you to something that you don’t want to go to, do you always say you have other plans etc or would you ever say ‘I don’t want to’. It feels too rude doesn’t it?
Basically a colleague is inviting everyone to her big birthday party. I said I couldn’t the first time and a few other said yes, some said no, some didn’t answer (WhatsApp group). Now she’s asking again, it’s so awkward! People who don’t want to are scrabbling around for the most feeble of reasons, I wonder why anyone hasn’t just said ‘no thank you, I don’t want to’ 