You ask me out to dinner; I say no. Not something wishy-washy, like “I’d like to, but I’m so busy right now,” or “hmm, maybe,” but a definite “no thank you.”

That doesn’t mean you should ask me again twice within a 10 minute period. It means NO. It means I am not interested. I’m not the dude in Austin Powers who does what you want if you ask him three times. I DON’T WANT TO GO TO DINNER WITH YOU.