The Etc.

As Jill said: "Sometimes it would be 1 o'clock in the afternoon before anyone even said a word to each other. I loved it! It gave me a chance to focus on my work, but mostly, there was no pressure to be "chatty.""
Yup, I failed to mention that perk. There is never that constant pressure that is present with girls to always say something. I'm not boring and weird if I have nothing to say. :)

The quote to go along with the current disillusionment: "Perhaps every cluster of people has a short period of grace, in between intial shyness and prejudice on one hand and eventual repugnance and betrayal on the other".