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I've been faced with the same dilemma. Eventually, I just started telling people "I have something important to do". After all, being on your own every now and then is something important.

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You can also say you've got a previous appointment or engagement... which is also true, even though it's with yourself.

You must all be very popular people since you have to have a strategy to get out of doing things with others. Most people have the opposite problem. You'll seem very unsincere after a while though, if your strategy is to not tell the truth.

Is it that you don't want to hurt the feelings of others that you lie? It's a little immature.

Some good ones are you're saving money for whatever reason. Or you're trying to eat healthier and can't eat out as much.

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