I’m no lady, but seeing that there are no taker to your question so far, let me say that way back when these things still happened to me, I did reject a few gals who asked me out.
We’re not obliged to date whoever wants to date us, are we?
Twice that I can remember. When I asked the boy I had a crush on if he would go to my prom with me and he said no. he turned out later to be gay but I’m not sure that’s why he said no. Fifty years later, we’re good friends.
And more recently, I asked a guy I was close to platonically (but “liked”) to be my escort to a wedding. He went apeshit.
@SeconHandStoke – I saw no assumption; the OP was just asking women for their experiences. We all know it works both ways.