You're not alone if you're not looking forward to events. Here's how to gracefully excuse yourself without losing friends.
Now that the world is opening up again and you're vaccinated,"sorry, I'm worried about COVID" has lost its usefulness as an excuse. lovesStill, he absolutely hates not having a good reason to decline. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, he had a built-in excuse that worked swimmingly: “Sorry, still trying to keep my distance from folks because of COVID.” That excuse kept him safe and happily at home come Friday and Saturday night.
If you can’t use “it’s a pandemic!” as an excuse, “you can always have a few side projects going on,” Williams said, only semi-joking. Young reminds people there’s no rush to get back out there or overexert yourself socially. And if you’d rather be couch-bound come the weekend, there’s ways to bow out of an invitation gracefully.
You might get invited somewhere and text back, “I am just getting back to a hybrid work week and I am not sure how I will feel, so can we play it by ear?’” even though you know you’re not going to go.“I am fortunate to have lived in other countries and have a clientele that are international and can say the majority of Americans are quite indirect in their communication style because we don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings,” Young said.
OK, but you’re not Dutch and you’re still struggling. You may want to try relying on the same strategies you used pre-COVID.a psychologist in Atlanta. If you’re generally socially disinclined, introverted or just plain picky about the events you attend, you likely had a whole fleet of well-worn excuses you pulled out in times like this.
“For example, you can say, ‘I would love to hang out, though. Want to have a movie night at my place some time soon?’ Doing this conveys you still want to hang out with them. You convey you want to spend time with them and it’s truly about you not them,” she said.
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