I was happy to read in the last paragraph that she chose to attend the dinner as she originally planned, and that it went without incident. As for the rest of

I was happy to read in the last paragraph that she chose to attend the dinner as she originally planned, and that it went without incident. As for the rest of the article, it sounds like it's a manufactured issue based on a single anecdotal experience. I don't see any problems with a younger woman having dinner with an older gentleman in a business context (or in any context, for that matter), and I can't imagine many others would either. Heck, when I'm out to dinner somewhere I'm not really paying much attention to who's seated at the table next to me, mostly because I just don't care.