Smile Breakfast found out that in a dating survey some people admitted to actually changing their phone number after a first date. It must have been a pretty bad date to have to go to those extremes. There can be many reasons you would avoid going out with someone, but what are some of the things people have done to get out of a date with someone?

Lindy chose the ol’ prison break technique:

Asking our listeners we found out you’ve gotten your friends involved:

Sometimes you used your family to help you get out of a second date:

While faking illness or fibbing about needing to quarantine might be suspicious, we are impressed by the commitment:

Dating expert and matchmaker Shannon Davidoff from Perfect Partners has also seen it all:

So maybe an honest and gentle let down is the best approach.