a short story for you. not one of persistence, but one of circumstance. i met this girl and we hit it off as friends. we did lots of things together...as friends. no kissing, no sex, just talking and being genuinely interested in each others thoughts, feeling, and lives. we complained to each other that we would "never find the right one". neither of us realizing that the "right one" was the one we were spending so much time with. me, being the moron i am, did find someone who i tohught was right and got married. i shunned my friend for fear that my new wife would get jelous.
skip forward a few years.
i ran into my old friend shortly after my divorce, feeling pretty crappy about the way i had dumped her friendship. suprise, suprise, she understood. that friend and i have now been married for three years! doesn't seem like a long time, but let me tell you, i could not dream of being with anyone more perfect for me.
be friends with the girls who want to be friends. you may find that one of them is "the right one"!

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