Easy to talk to, I am.

At least that's the opinion of the ladies I work with, or so it seems.

I find it flattering that they feel they can confide in me (on the rare occasions when they do.) Anyway...

PT and I were sitting in one of the clean rooms chatting about stuff & complaining about work when EK came into the room. PT was going to start this new conversation with "I have a friend who" but then EK immediately chimed in and said that the friend was her. She said she needed another man's opinion (or a man's opinion), so she proceeded to ask me what the reasons might be why her boyfriend of eight months is now indifferent about having sexual relations with her. This after that initial period of dating where sex is an almost everyday occurrence.

This was not a topic of conversation I was expecting. At all.

So I asked a few background questions and gave my opinions on the subject; possible reasons why he might be acting this way (or not acting as the case may be). Don't really know if I helped solve her dilemma or not, but I gave it my best effort.

Now I have never met and don't know anything about EK's boyfriend, save that his name is Jason and that he's 25. But I can tell you this: EK is an attractive woman. Not the most tasty chocolate in the box, in my opinion, but not the nastiest by any stretch. She's a tall woman and plays on her college women's basketball team.

The funniest moment of the conversation came when EK said her boyfriend recently asked her what she wanted for her birthday. Her reply to him was simple and straightforward, "I'd like to get laid."

To which I innocently asked, "When is your birthday?"

Now let me be clear right up front: While I consider EK to be my friend, I am not in the least bit attracted to her for several reasons. The biggest of which is that I refuse to even consider dating any woman who is younger than my little sister (who is almost 14 years younger than me). That, to me, would just be creepy.