To refuse an offer is a big insult?

it all depends on the offer..if the offer is for your own good why refuse,when the offer means something else,then you should refuse...it only depends on how you say "NO" to an offer....

When some one else is proposing to you and you refuses him then its not embarrasing for you and you even think that its not embarassing for him too....!! But the True story comes up when it is YOU who is proposing to someone else....!! And HE refuses up..... I faced it and honestly it is damn insulting..!! :)

i don't think refusing an offer is a big insult and everyone has their right and will to refuse offers, i think everyone has some reasons to do so.

I don't believe it too. Being refused does not always mean that you are being rejected. The refusal must have a reason.

I don't think so, coz it's better to say so rather to give them hope. But of course in a nice way and a nice explanation.

i agree, and i think people should know when to say no people should learn to know how to choose what's best for themselves this will undoubfully involve turn down offers already available to them i don't think is a slap in the face to refuse an offer, neither for the person been turned down

I don't think so. Because the very word 'Offer' carries a sense of option that one may accept it or refuse it. So it is totally based on equal possibilities of acceptance and refusal of any person to whom the offer is put. So it can never be an insult by refusal or honour by acceptance. Thanks.

You can say no. If it is not something that you want or need, then you have a right to refuse it. If you are rude in refusing it, it is not that nice and people will think bad of you. However, if you are polite and tactful and say, "No thank you I really do not think I should take it," then they will understand if the color is not right, you already have one, you promised not to take it because it is bad for you, etc. So it depends on how you refuse whether it is an insult.

Depends. If this offer is somewhat not logical or something dangerous, we have to refuse it. It's not a big insult, it's someway for us to be safe. But if the offer is good for us, and we refuse it not in manner way, i believe it can be considered as insult.

If it is roughly refused, it is surely a big insult. A gentle refuse is not considered to be an insult. What do you think?

I think any offer can be accepted or rejected. I will be an insult if you know that the person is nowhere to go and that PRIDE is the only reason for refusing. Some offers are bad and some are good. I think if our principles in life or our conscience cannot be affected when accepting such offer it is good. I will be an insult to our part if we live rightly and someone offers us to act bad. This is what I think: When my bf offered to give his cellphone because I lost mine I accepted the offer. But he is now a history. We broke like 3years ago and presently offering help. I rejected his offer because I know that he now have a family of his own. I think its not an insult to his part.

Well, in my culture...refusing an offer means more like you're being modest. I guess you can be considered as polite and don't like to take advantage of other people. Then again, if you refuse an offer in a rude way...of course it's a big insult. It depends on your tone of voice, I think.

There are offers which should be declined but without intentionally insulting the person who offered. It shouldn't be taken as an insult. It could be an insult if the person who declined did it sarcastically. Anyways. Keep it cool. Here's a joke about insults: A woman got on a bus holding a baby. The bus driver said, "That's the ugliest baby I've ever seen." In a huff, the woman slammed her fare into the fare box and took an aisle seat near the rear of the bus. The man seated next to her sensed that she was agitated and asked her what was wrong. "The bus driver insulted me," she fumed. The man sympathized and said, "Why, he's a public servant and shouldn't say things to insult passengers." You're right," She said. "I think I'll go back up there and give him a piece of my mind." "That's a good idea," the man said. "Here, let me hold your monkey." =)