So I was going to write about poker (which I didn’t win) and the techno night but something more important has come up.

As a single girl I have from time to time had to screen calls from dates I am no longer interested in seeing again, but don’t know how to gently say to them you are boring and a bad kisser so please go away.

Over the summer I used the screen to dissuade a boy who we will and have called "dumber" from trying to see me anymore and I really thought it had worked, but yesterday I got an email from dumber telling me he was sorry he was so busy over the summer and hoped we could get back in touch.

Really how dumb is dumber …. When I leave 2 messages for a guy I have been out with and get no return calls, I know I have been screened and move on. Why doesn’t he get this?

I have learned something very important from this experience. Never give out your email address until after the third date – minimum.

The Single Girl