A tip for the single gals....

I'm working on a piece about dating in your 40s. Why? Cuz, well, I'm in my 40s and recently became single again.
Anyway, that's not the point. I just wanted to throw out a quick tip for you single gals of any age. Apparently you ladies are on the phone DURING a date and men HATE it. So don't talk, text, tweet or Facebook while you are on a date!!! Really? Do we have to be told not to be RUDE on a date? Has technology completely stripped us of common courtesy and polite manners? Did your parents raise you in a barn with the hogs? I was raised on a farm with hogs and I still have manners!!!
Come on ladies!!!! Surely you can wait until after the date to tell all your friends "Hey". If you don't like the guy and that's why you're being so rude, just tell him. Or find some reason to end the date early. End it with him quickly, like ripping off a band-aid. It will hurt but only for a bit and then he'll get over it. Better than dragging it out and leading him on.
Wouldn't you want the same courtesy from a man? Would you want to sit across the table from a guy who is more interested in his phone than he is in you?
DON'T BE RUDE!!! That is the number one complaint from men of all ages.