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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]"I'd love to, but I'm swamped these days"[/quote]

I actually think this is not a good response (thought I don't know what would be a good response)
This could invoke sympathy. You're overwhelmed. Maybe this person could help, or lend you some support in some way
That would be the action of some nice people.[/quote]

It depends how close you are. I wouldn’t comfortable offering specific help to someone I didn’t know well — for people I know better, I’m happy to say “hey can I drop off dinner” or “can I take your kids to the park with us later this week” or whatever (assuming no plague) — but if someone who’s a casual acquaintance, even one I would like to be better friends with, I don’t want to be overly familiar. I might say “let me know if I can help” but I wouldn’t expect them to take me up on it unless it was an emergency. (I took care of a casual acquaintance’s toddler for a day while she was having an emergency c-section, and we have indeed become much closer since then, but that’s unusual.) Anyway I guess what I mean is that a vague excuse is not likely to meet with a specific offer.[/quote]

I agree.  The point is that you're saying this to people you aren't yet good friends with, and people aren't going to randomly offer to help you out because you say generally that you're really busy.    [/quote]

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