Reggie wanted to ask sharyl on a date. rather than coming out directly and asking her, he went about it indirectly by asking her if she was busy on saturday night. she indicated that she had plans. through this exchange, reggie has been gently rejected and sharyl does not feel like a rude person. this social interaction allowed reggie and sharyl to

save face

Explanation:

Save face.

Explanation:

Save face in psychology may be defined as the strategy used by an individual to ignore or avoid the humiliation or embarrassment. This helps in the maintaining the same position, dignity or preserve reputation.

Reggie wants to go on a date with Sharyl and indirectly ask him but she rejected gently. Here, both use the social interaction known as save face. The save face preserve them to humiliate from each other and maintains their friendship as earlier. None of them embarrass to each other and do not affect each other dignity.

Thus, the answer is save face.

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