[PrincessB]

She mentioned that the "dinner" was being charged for research. If it was only dinner she should have been more specific. To give the guy the benefit of the doubt, he may have assumed that the cab ride was being charged to research too.
No relationship is perfect. If the conversation's great, you like the guy, what's a little cab fare every once in a while? The woman seems to be looking for an excuse to stay single.

[StolarStorm]

More than likely he wasn't too keen being part of a "research" project. Myself, I would have approved of her inherent cheapness (expensing the dinner and combining business with pleasure) and probably would have been impressed enough to see her home. She sounds like my kinda of gal... of course I tend to go for the difficult types anyway.... the challange is/was entertaining.