I was amused by his boldness and told him the truth : thanks to gas prices , and fibromyalgia , long gone are the days i 'll traipse halfway across the country for a man . ( he was probably 350 miles away ? )

Based on the preceding passage, answer the following question What is the man likely to have said to provoke this response from the speaker ?
That he likes her a lot and that she should come visit him 350 miles away