Never assume? The point of my post was to illustrate how rude it is to tell someone that you're too busy, when I view "busy" as just a convenient cop-out excuse that people use when they don't seem to value your friendship with them anymore, but they are not respectful enough to just come out and say that. So, they use the "busy" excuse to hide behind which is such crap I think. We all have the same 24 hours to fill. We all make priorities. "Busy" isn't a valid reason to blow someone off unless you just don't like that person.