So you’ve just met a guy who you know is really into you… but unfortunately, he’s giving you a weird vibe and you’re not into him. You just know in a moment he’s going to ask you for your phone number, and you don’t want to embarrass him by telling him no… what to do? Here are my best ways for turning him down without hurting his feelings, or embarrassing him.
1. Avoid the topic
Until he actually asks you for your phone number, you can just avoid the topic and save yourself the hassle and him the embarrassment.
2. Tell him to find you another way
With Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn, there are a lot of other ways you can tell a guy to contact you without giving him your phone number.
3. Give him an email address
If you’d rather, give him your email address. Then he can contact you, and you can choose whether or not to contact him. Easy!
4. Use the “strangers” excuse
From the time we’re children, our parents have told us not to talk to strangers. If he won’t leave you alone, give him a smile and tell him you’re not supposed to talk to strangers, then turn your back. He’ll get the message.
5. Use the “safety” excuse
In many ways, this isn’t actually an excuse at all — it’s the truth. Tell him you’re just not comfortable sharing your phone number with someone you’ve just met.
6. Ask for his instead
If he does get up the nerve to ask for your number, and you would rather not give it to him, ask him for his number instead. You don’t actually have to ever call him, but it may get him to leave you be.
7. Tell him you have a boyfriend/husband
Tell him you’re already spoken for, whether it’s true or not, and he ought to leave you alone.
6, 7, 12, and 13 always work.
Some guys say they don’t care if you have a boyfriend, so go for 13. Haha
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I’m loving number 10! I never thought of that, so hilarious (:
There’s a number that you can give! It’s for the Rejection Hotline. They would call and an automated machine will play ‘Hello, this is the rejection hotline….’
My friend once gave the the number of pizza hut.. took me a month before I figured it. think he was rejecting me? =P
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Lol Amy! Pizza Hut?! That’s mean! But I guess it worked.
I remember this one time when this guy just wouldn’t get the point even though I told him I had a boyfriend so I gave him my boyfriend’s no instead. Ha Ha!
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Haha I LOOOOOVE that song!!
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LOL Amyy!! That was hilarious!! Hehee..
I always used the “safety” excuse.. I never gave my number to strangers which it wasn’t true.. Only to whom I didn’t like! LOL!
Or when someone ask my number in a very busy place, I just give it to him with the las number wrong and than rush on telling him call meee. Poor thing looooool!
Who knows what they used to think when someone else picked the phone… I Wonder! HAHA!!
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Sheila: giving the boyfriend’s number is a GREAT idea! haha
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Very clever….I love it!!!
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LOL amy. does that really works? thats like so cool. I’ve got caught using 12 before. turns out, the number I gave him was so coincidentally he’s sister’s number! I was so embarrased, I just said sorry and ran out of the restaurant! Oh well, maybe I’ll try number 6 instead nxt time.
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Sabrina,
Wow! That must have been super freaky. I mean what are the chances! =)
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Sabrina,
Well I can imagine how embarrased you felt! :S
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Quick Q – Why would a woman be talking to a man/stranger in the first place if she doesn’t want to continue talking to him? I mean sure there are douchebags around the world who don’t get the message. But then the only way to get the message across to them is to whack them on their heads with your designer handbags.
ps: Being nice to a guy whom you don’t like is just counter productive. If men could get the nice but subtle message, we wouldn’t be such sorry arsed tossers :)
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Hahahaahha! These were awesome! I have a guy I met that I am sort of interested in but don’t want to give my phone # to yet. So whenever the topic comes up I chug whatever I am drinking and ask him if he could get me a refill, thrown on the charm and smile, works every time. Sometimes I dont have a drink so I quickly turn the conversation abck at him and ask about his family or work, etc. Works well! I will give him my # eventually but torturing him is fun! :)
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Hey Sierra,
Lol! You evil girl. My heart goes out to that poor soul. I hope you give him your number soon. He deserves it for all his hardwork :)
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GREAT ideas! I was a fan of #6…ask for his number instead, until this one guy told me that “he didn’t feel comfortable giving me his number because its the man’s responsibility to make the first call”. LOL!
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Lollll Single for Good,
So did you end up giving him your number after that??
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OR scream ‘STRANGER DANGER’ and run away. And don’t worry about him chasing you, he will think you’re a lunatic :)
I haven’t tried this yet. But it seems pretty fool proof.
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Hahah Barbie,
I can’t see that going wrong :D
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