Uhhh I have to brush my hair...

Why is it that we feel a need to explain ourselves when we can't do something? Or even worse feel the need to make an excuse when we don't want to do something? When someone asks me to hang out I can think of 78 different excuses for why I can't instead of just simply saying no thanks. I'd feel like an ass if I straight up said no but that shouldn't be the case. We should be able to politely (because being rude is still being rude) say we don't want to, when we don't want to or when we just don't feel like it. This is just another one of those weird indoctrinated ideas in our heads. And I just want to know why, it seems so stupid. Maybe it's selfish of me but if I don't want to do something I shouldn't have to explain myself. I also shouldn't feel like I have to do something I have no interest in doing just to keep myself from seeming like a bitch. Because honestly how pissed at yourself would you be if you died doing something you didn't want to be doing in the first place. I would haunt myself if it were possible. I don't know though just some random thoughts.. If someone knows the answer of why we think this I'd love to know. Or maybe it's just me that feels this way? I'm not sure but I'd like to know either way.