i was climbing into bed last night

Girl, he just ain't that into you. If he does call her after not, he better have a great excuse or she is wasting her time and energies.

first of all i can't believe she came unglued over that. i'm glad y'all could turn it to a good laugh. sounds like it ended up being a good time. that's great. i think it was great u turned it around.

Sometimes guy say they will call when they have no intention of doing it. Guys can be jerks. The younger they are the jerky they are. I've had hundreds of young men say they will call and they didn't. I just tell her that some guys are just fools and don't follow through. She is better off without them. She will meet dozens of young men and some will call and some won't. Don't sweat it. The ones who don't call are losers who don't get to go out with her. Their lose, not hers.

Well I have to say that my response to Rosie would have been "Boys will be Boys". She is young and I am sure that this will not be the first guy to like her, nor will he be the last. I am glad that you were able to make her laugh, sometimes the only things we need in life are a loving family and a good laugh now and again.

There were many reasons. He probably forget to call, or he was too busy, preoccupied himself with something else. Would his phone call that important for everything? She should take it easy. She can call him to find out what was going on. Don't need to cry.

Maybe it's all just a hallucination,LOL

maybe hes busy preparing something for you... young folks does like surprises...! God Bless

That he was so enamoured with her that he wasn't paying attention...tripped on his way home and now is suffering from amnesia....poor girl...hope he does call or she finds someone who will!

Poor thing. How old is her daughter? I probably would have told her that something really important must have come up for him not to get around to calling her.

Wow, I do not miss those days of sitting around waiting for a boy to call. I too would convince myself there was a good reason for him not calling, then whenever he finally did call and I asked him why he hadn't called sooner, I'd get the excuse "I was playing video games" or "I was sleeping". Oh that would be such a let down!! You know how whenever a boy breaks up with you and people tell you "That's his loss" or "He wasn't worthy of you!"? I wish I'd listened to that more often! I think it's extremely important to build up a girl's self esteem so that she honestly believes he isn't worthy of her if he doesn't do right by her. You tell Rosie's daughter that if he doesn't call her, and doesn't persue her, that is his loss, and she'll eventually meet a man so much more worthy of her, who will call when he's supposed to and will treat her like gold. And she isn't to settle for anything less!!

Maybe he just didn't get a chance to call. Maybe he had a family emergancy. Maybe he had homework to do or something...

Knowing teenagers, I would probably have told her how much more young girls remember these things than boys. He promised to call her in one breath and someone asked him to do something else soon. So he just went with 'doing the thing' someone asked him to do and completely forgot what he had promised. Girls worry more than boys and he probably didn't even realize it would be such a disappointment to her if he didn't call. Bu I do love your excuses and hers isn't bad at all. At least, you got her to laughing! That was the main thing. Perhaps he called her today.

Maybe I'm hard-hearted but I think it was totally out of order for your friend to bother you with it at that sort of time. Its bad enough that the daughter took it so badly without the mother turning it into a situation worth disturbing someone else for. Yes, it was a shame for the girl but, unless she is very lucky, she is going to have to take far worse from life than that. Its great that you were able to lighten things for the girl and, hopefully, next time it happens she will be able to deal with it. You are a very good friend... if I'd had that call as I was going to bed,I would've been far less understanding!

I think the girl should have called this guy and enquired if he was in some trouble because he had not called yet. That would have made the guy realize that she was eagerly anticipating his call and that he should have called her. Thus he might not have committed the same mistake ever again. But now when he does not know her feelings for him, he is more prone to committing the same mistake again. Sometimes, guys also need to know that their girl cares for him.

You know, people are getting abducted by aliens all the time! He probably couldn't get any reception on his new planet! Seriously though, I would tell her this is a lucky break for her. Sometimes it is really hard to tell if a person is truthful or has a habit of lying. She can know right away that this is not a young man of his word. It is good to know who you can count on, but it is also good to know who is full of hot air. She should be glad this was just about a phone call and not about meeting her at the alter on their wedding day, or promising to support her after their baby is born, etc.

he swallowed his tongue on the hotdog he had for supper

Maybe he just forgot. Or perhaps, was nervous about calling her. You never know what could happen. I would tell her not to worry about it too much, and if he likes her he will call her. To just wait it out.