Dear Queenie,
This guy I’ve been seeing only calls me late at night when I’m about to go to bed or already asleep. I keep telling him I’d rather he call me during the day, even when I’m at work but he still calls me late at night.
Queenie, how can I get him to call me at a reasonable hour?—Sleepyhead
Dear Sleepyhead,
There is a simple solution to your problem: Do not answer your phone after a certain hour and let the call go to voicemail or, if necessary, just turn off the phone entirely. Then you can call him back at a time that is convenient for you – or not at all if you do not want to.
If he cannot show some consideration for your preferences, he is not worth wasting your time on.
