Eventually, most of them settled down to start and raise families. It just never appealed to me. Perhaps because I’m as awkward with women as I am with my teammates. Women may find me attractive, but our conversations stall when I sit in prolonged silence or try to engage them with talk about my interests. I’ve learned through experience that discussing the comparative frames per second of different camera bodies is not exactly an aphrodisiac to . . . well, any woman I’ve ever met. And sex has never been a priority for me the way it is for some of my teammates. I don’t crave it. The few times
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