something I remember her saying.

On Tuesday, I was just sitting in my traditional spot in front of the computer when I remembered a brief exchange I had with Shinaka about two years back.

If I recall correctly, it was after choir and I was giving her a lift to her home, not far from where we were. The exchange was something like this:

Shi: How come you don't have a girlfriend?
Me: Because I haven't found one.
Shi: But you have a car! You can get them easy!

Back then, I thought it was a pretty shallow thing to say, and I wouldn't even consider a girlfriend whose prerequisites included a vehicle at my and, by extension, her disposal.

When I reconsidered it, I thought that it sort of cheapens the value of a boyfriend-girlfriend-type of relationship where the relationship exists more for the material gain than the mental and soulful satisfaction.

So, a few years on, I still think it's a shallow thing to say. A few years on, however, I'm not sure that I'm as surprised that she said it.