DEAR ABBY: I'm a man who loves to travel. I especially enjoy the nightclub shows I've seen. However, I do NOT enjoy being part of the show.
A female performer (in Las Vegas) once picked me out of the audience to go on stage with her so she could sing to me. Even though I politely refused, she was very persistent and even involved the audience in coercing me to go on stage. I would have walked out, but I had paid a lot of money to see this show.
The audience enjoyed it, but I felt like a fool standing up there on the stage while she sang to me.
How do you think I should have handled this? -- EMBARRASSED IN GREENVILLE, S.C.
DEAR EMBARRASSED: You could have refused by saying emphatically, "No way; I paid to see this show, not perform in it."