Actually, I'm not up for this. Just over a week ago I would have been, and in the past, I've always given a reason for saying no to someone.
But having been recently injured by an inconsiderate dancer, my policy on saying "No" has been considerably revised recently. If I don't want to dance with someone, I won't. And if I don't want to justify myself, I won't either - because I tell people at the time if they are hurting me or are smelly. I can see it now...:
Him (e.g. known yanker): Would you like to dance
Me: No thank you (nice smile, attempt to 'move on')
Him: Why not?
Me: Because you really hurt me the last time we danced
Him: What do you mean?
Me: I told you at the time that you had hurt me
Him: Well, you should have... / Oh, sorry, I won't do it this time, please dance with me / (other remark here)
I can't speculate further on this, but you get the point - why get into justifications - wasting time when we could both be dancing with other people.
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