Dear Queenie,
I was on a date with this guy and he kept answering his phone and sending text messages all the time. I thought he was terribly rude, but I didn’t say anything, but the next time he asked me for a date I said I was too busy and he hasn’t called me again.
Queenie, what do you think of all this?—Offended date
Dear Offended,
I agree with you – this guy was terribly rude.
In your place I would have ordered and enjoyed the most expensive meal that appealed to me and then, right after dessert, have told him, “I see you are busy and do not have time for me,” and gotten up and left him sitting there with his cell phone and a huge dinner bill. And if he called me again, like you I would not have accepted another invitation from him, but I would have made a point of telling exactly why.