TBH, the main reason I'd want a "girlfriend" (in the usual sense) is just sex. Overall, for me, the disadvantages/ difficulties of having such a relationship far outweigh the advantages. Potentially, IF the 'right' girl did appear & I 'fall in love' with her & all that, it might work, of course but I'm nearly 36, so it seems very unlikely, now. Mostly, I reckon that, since I can't yet manage to make 'friends' with people, of either sex, I'm obviously not going to be able to manage more than that. But, as I've said elsewhere, it's too disputed that 'friend' is actually supposed to mean anything & there's no obvious reason that 'girlfriend' should mean anything, in that case. Sorry, I just can't motivate myself for 'relationships' while that daft debate keeps going on & I'm fed up, always being in the middle of the 'war' about such stuff. Whatever & however anybody else does it will have to be up to them to sort out, of course.