“He Hung Up”

I met him on a number of occasions at random places as we walked by. We didn’t say anything to each other, but always gave a friendly smile. I thought that he was a very distinguished gentleman. There were times when I wished he would speak to me. Our meeting finally came at a cocktail party. We were introduced, and he acted as though he never saw me before. I felt a bit insulted, but he spoke to me most of the night and I did enjoy talking to him. The night ended with us exchanging phone numbers and promising to stay in touch. I was anxious to hear from him, but I waited patiently for his phone call. After three weeks went by, and not seeing or hearing from him, I decided to phone him. When he answered the phone I spent more than 10 minutes trying to refresh his memory of where we met. When he remembered he didn’t seem pleased that I called. I told him I just wanted to say hello. He said that he was busy, but would call me then he hung up…