Always have a way out

I was speaking to a friend the other day who was telling me a story about how she punked out on meeting up with a guy for drinks.

It was someone she met on an online site. She was nervous about what would happen if she walked in saw him started talking and realized she wasn't into him at all whether it be because of looks or personality.

My response, "well that's easy just have someone make an emergency call to you."

She didn't know what I was talking about. GASP! Maybe there is another code word for this and I forgot.

This is a very old, very very old way to get out of a situation you are unsure of walking into.

Say your meeting up with someone at 7pm. You set it up to have a friend call you at 7:30 freaking out needing you immediately. You then have a code word or words to either:

a) cut the friend off because you want to stick around

or

b) immediately run to said persons aid

The best way for this to work and to be realistic is to have it be a work issue (NOTE: this will only work during the week - unless you have a job where you work on the weekends) that the shit hit the fan after you left and you have to go back to the office, you then run off with a parting "sorry, gotta run - work , you know how it is, I'll be in touch!"

Or you can cut off the friend with a "no I took care of that before I left." Hang up and continue getting to know this new stranger you will probably be under later tonight.

Of course the more mature thing would be to stick it out for a drink and just say, "you know I don't think this is working let's just end it here."

But where is the fun in that?

Actually I might need to set up one of these calls for Friday. Cue the eye roll.