"How's the linguine?"

"Very good. I'm not real hungry today."

"So what do you think? Do you think he's not interested? He seemed to be at the party and the date went well. Or so I thought."

"Then don't worry about it."

"But 'see ya" doesn't sound really romantic. Or encouraging."

"Maybe he just has an informal manner."

"Well you know him. What do you think?"