OT: Women on subs

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Originally Posted by Webstral

Fortunately for me, I don't flirt well, and I know it. I kept female soldiers at arm's length because I don't dance well enough to manage anything else. Webstral

I struggled with that one my whole life. After my nervous breakdown, I just gave up on the whole idea, and pretty much now, I'm too old to even give the idea of romance a thought any more. (Except when I watch romantic movies -- my guilty pleasure.) Romances have always been tough for me to start, impossible to maintain, and usually started almost by accident.

My best friend, however, is female; her name's Gladys. We met in college and have known each other since. We've nursed each other through tough classes, bad family lives, busted romances, and worse -- and better (I was there through her first pregnancy, after her husband left her when he found out she was pregnant. If you ever get a chance to be in the delivery room, take it). We never thought of each other romantically in the least -- it's almost like we were long lost brother and sister. So it doesn't always have to be either romantic or platonic.