by Allen Thompson

If a woman cancels a date with you, and doesn't apologize profusely and suggest making it up in the near future, she probably has no intention of ever going out with you. The same thing if you call to set up a date, and she says she can't because she's busy that night. If she's at all interested in getting together, she'll make a suggestion for a different night. If she doesn't then she's probably not interested and you're wasting your time.

You can, of course, keep trying. Persistence is sometimes rewarded.