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I find some of these disingenuous:

> Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it to [Event] on [date]. But thanks again for sending an invitation my way.

That's not saying "No". That's giving an excuse as to why you can't make it. Better to say "No, I'm not interested" or something along those lines.

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There's no excuse there. It's simply a polite way to decline an invitation.

The excuse is that you'll not be able to make it. The implication for the reader is that if you were able to make it, you'd come. But you actually can make, you just don't want to come. It's pure excuse and lie.

One woman's politeness is another woman's dishonesty.

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