Let’s face it. It has to be pretty tough being a guy when it comes to approaching a woman. I barely like calling a guy for the first time, even if he’s initially shown interest in me, so imagine approaching someone not knowing anything about them. This is the dilemma a man is faced with when he musters up enough courage to approach a woman in hopes of walking away with her number.

He has to consider, is she married or single? Does she even like men? Is she going to be rude and standoffish? I’m sure these are only some of the thoughts that run through a man’s mind before he goes in for the digits. So while I attempt to cut guys that approach me some slack and remain cordial despite a possible lack of interest, the fact still remains that most of them won’t get anything but a simple wave before I proceed to keep it moving.

So while I don’t always know the circumstances in which I will exchange numbers with a guy who approaches me, I do know the instances when I won’t. There are often times when I can simply say, ‘I’m not interested’ or ‘I have a man’ and the guy will immediately back off; then there are other times when I may shamefully give fake digits to get him to leave me alone.

Check out this list of seven things that a guy can do that result in either no number of fake digits.