What is a 'say now' number?

What to say to a guy who asks for your number when you don't want him to have it?

• I get hit on sometimes by guys who come up to me and talk to me for a few minutes and then ask me for my number. I almost never want to give them my number. Yesterday, this guy came up to me in a BOOKSTORE and started talking to me. I was sitting in the Starbucks that's attached to it reading a book called The Game which is about pick-up artists. Here's how he approached me: Him: You're reading The Game! Are you a pimp? Me: No. Him: Then why are you reading The Game? Me: I'm spying on the enemy. He was nice, he talked to me for a few minutes, he wasn't rude at all, I just didn't want to give him my number because I wasn't interested. You can tell within 5 minutes of talking to someone if you're attracted to them or not and I just didn't feel a connection with him. He had read the books too, and has also met one of the top pick-up artists. Ugh, I just wanted him to go away. Then he asked if we could exchange numbers and I said sure. I was planning to give him the wrong number so that he wouldn't have my real cell phone number. He gave me his cell phone number which I typed into my phone (even though I didn't want it), and then I started to give him the wrong number. He said, "Just send me a text and I'll have your number that way. That's how I usually do it." I felt so...outwitted. I sent him a text. Now yet another guy has my number who I don't want to talk to. I hope he doesn't call me a bunch of times. I'm not going to pick up. I'll be scared to delete his number from my phone for a while, in case he tries to call me a month from now. Next time a guy asks for my number and I don't want to give it to him, what can I say? My friend said that I should say, "I'm married," and if he asks why I'm not wearing my wedding ring to say that we just got married and we're getting matching tattoo rings. Do you have any suggestions?

• Answer:

  "Sorry, no". Pretty easy and logical really.