How to respond to "Sorry, I'm busy."

[Anonymous]

Say when you ask a friend if he wants to hang out, and he responds like...

"Wanna hang out?"

"About to head out"

"Alright"

"Sorry bud!" or "Sorry man!"

For some reason I feel offended when they say "sorry". Something else like "Next time," or "Catch you later?" would be so much better.

Whenever someone says sorry when you ask them to hang out and they say just "sorry" with no follow-up, I feel like it's like the biggest shut down ever, like your second-tier.

How would you respond to a text from a friend saying "sorry"

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+1 y

Pretty good answers so far, I'd like to hear more.

[Anonymous]

"Haha no need to apologize dude" or "Haha what am I a girl? Quit apologizing. catch ya later man" or "Ouch, an apology? Laaaame." or "Did you know that apologies are a sign of weakness? lolz ttlater bud"

[luckyGurl]

reply to them with this line sorry seems to be the hardest word >> elton john style lol

[Asker]

I would if I knew the joke/song, ha ha but I only know elton from childhood lion king :p

[luckyGurl]

here's the video :) >> link