I don’t like how so many men keep making excuses and feel they have to defend themselves.

Go your own way, and then just ignore or ghost so nobody asks you. Take a smartphone with you with headphones on at all times, don’t have to actually listen to music but you can pretend you are.

Major problem a lot of young men have is they’re always trying to be so “social”. That’s a trap. Nobody gives a s~~~ about you, and every bit of information you volunteer is a weakness. Information is money, you should guard it.