How to politely refuse an invitation from others?

First, let the other party cancel on its own.

When we want to refuse someone's invitation, we'd better get ahead of the other person's thinking, break the routine and come up with a clever plan to let the other person cancel it on his own. For example, if you are studying and your classmates invite you out to play, you can say: I have set a goal for myself. It will take three hours to familiarize yourself with the contents of the book today, and you will never go out to play until you finish reading it.

Your attitude must be firm. Even if the other person guessed that you were looking for a reason to shirk, he was too embarrassed to ask you out again and had to cancel the invitation himself.

Second, speak frankly and advise each other.

In most cases, when we do have reasons why it is inconvenient to accept an invitation, we can directly explain that as long as you are sincere and have the right reasons, you can convince the other party that your reasons are true and your refusal is out of helplessness. Even if you fail to agree to his invitation, you can still forgive you.

Third, procrastination and prevarication.

Generally speaking, the tone of refusal should be euphemistic and the meaning should be firm, but sometimes, when you can't make up your mind or don't want to categorically refuse to destroy the relationship, you can use delaying tactics according to the situation.

Fourth, preemptive strike.

When someone sends you an invitation, you always hope to accept it smoothly. Once you open your mouth, you will refuse directly, which will make him feel "faceless" and cause dissatisfaction with you.

It is the best policy to refuse to attack first and defend first. Before the other person speaks, you speak first, as if inadvertently, you have blocked the other person's mouth, so that the other person can no longer send out invitations, and because the other person has not made it clear to you, your refusal will not embarrass him.