You&#x27;re right, I wasn&#x27;t there.<p>But it&#x27;s not hard to have an engaging conversation with someone, even someone you are not interested in as a romantic partner. Especially when you have things in common to talk about.<p>He pointedly stated that he didn&#x27;t want to do this, citing a problem he had with her attitude. To me, it doesn&#x27;t matter what tone she used, what non-verbal cues she put out there. You&#x27;re sitting there with someone doing nothing else but talking for an hour or so. If you can&#x27;t make the most of it, and you blame the other person for that, then it&#x27;s you that has the ego problem.<p>A conversation, particularly in a date context, is a delicate dance of perceptions, temptation, discovery, and yes, ego. It&#x27;s fun whether or not you plan on doing anything else with them or even whether you like them.