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>gf and some of her besties are talking about their asmr audio vices over lunch.
>in public.
>they get some disapproving expressions from other women who have their bfs in tow
>men are steering clear of our table like it was a serious discussion between armed serbians
>things work a little differently in this world
>instead of jazz records and or playboy mags from the '20th century your grandparents attic had a box of vinyl 45s of husky voiced men saying salacious things
"God I just loooove childhood best friend reunion ones, where he tells you about everything he's accomplished and how that one time you saved him from bullies gave him the confidence to succeed."
"--oooh, I like the really spicy versions where he's a little more oujidere. Like, he remembers you as this mythic demigoddess that he's been perfecting himself to live up to and when he sees what you've become since then he just, he needs to kinda, uh, re-evaluate."
"Oh GOD I know what you mean, the pang of shame makes it, just, exquisite. But personally I crash real hard after binging those and oh jeez it's not like most of us can say 'hey bf, I have been listening to other men who aren't you judging me, for fun. Can you please tell me that you still think I'm worth it.'"
>childhood friend tropes are a bit different too
>most places separate girls and boys for at least half a decade of female growth, reintegrating halfway through highschool, to "let them grow into their strengths separately" but "get some time to adjust socially together before adulthood and college."
>read: avoid totally crushing male aspirationality during important personality formation years
>they're looking at you
>crap
>a downside of these amazons being huge male audio junkies:
>they often think that what we say is valuable
>not because it is
>just because they like how we sound.
"Uhm. I don't think I'd need to be a childhood friend to think my gf is amazing."
>Eyes roll, gf kinda sarcastically half smiles.