“I know what you mean," Beth replied. "It seems like too many guys are creeps, and too many women are crazy. In high school, the two girls I briefly dated before Melissa were both all clingy and weird. And I had to deal with two guys on my mech team back then who made all these suggestive remarks—you know, the kind of thing were they make like they’re talking about mechs, but its all a euphemism for sex. Even for fifteen year olds, that was juvenile.” She rolled her eyes. “I had to win a bet to get them to stop.<br/><br/>“But there are good people out there, and it doesn’t have to be just about romance—having friends is important to. Isolation can really screw with your head. Of course, the problem is when you feel bad, you don’t want to see people, and then it can lead into a downward spiral.” Beth had experienced that first hand.