Married man acts like he isn’t

Dear Amy: I am a 32-year-old single woman with many married friends.

A few months ago, I went to a concert with a few couples and a married man who didn’t bring his wife.

In the back seat of a car on the way home, he tried to kiss me. I pulled away, and the next day when he sent me an e-mail saying he had a good time, I didn’t respond.

I saw this same man and his wife and kids at a recent dinner party. Before I left, he said he wanted to have coffee sometime and that he’d like to get to know me better. I was noncommittal and polite and hoped nothing would come of it, but he recently e-mailed me and asked to get a drink.

I don’t want to be rude, but frankly, he seems like trouble.

How do I respond?

Troubled Single

Dear Single: In old movies when this sort of thing happened, Bette Davis would slap a man in the kisser for being “fresh.”

Do your best Bette Davis impersonation, and say a version of, “Hey, pal, I don’t like this. You’re married. I don’t want to spend time alone with you -- understand?”

In those old movies, this guy would be called “a prize heel.”

Send questions to Amy Dickinson by e-mail to askamy@tribune.com or by mail to Ask Amy, Chicago Tribune, TT500, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.