Desperately seeking Susan

So many years ago -- 11 years, I think, I was interested in a woman, Susan, and when I asked to go out with her she gave the put off line of, "Wouldn't it be better to just be friends?"

A dog's whine when closed in the house, as the rest of the family goes on a picnic, is close to the sound I made saying the word, "no" (stretched out for 8 seconds).