That said, I am single and seventy. There is not a chance in hell that I will ever have anything to do with a man again. Certainly I have close male friends - all of an intellectual bent made on the web, and we've been close friends (although we've never met) for a decade or more. And that's the way I like it.

I loathe the wy men chat me up and compliment me in order to sleep with me. I loathe the way men attempt to explain things to me without actually checking that a) I want to know b) if I already know it. I can't stand the way men are attracted to my looks but disappear when they realize I have a brain, and that I'm exposing both their ignorance and their illogic.

I just think people suck in general. Happily, there are enough exceptions to keep me sane, sober, and happy. :)