LOL Ronin are you me? Duuur I too can't stand chivarly shit D:< Buut there are other girls that just eat that shit up... Everytime I see a girl start to lift something heavy (or do anything else for that matter) and continually glance back at the nearest guy, expecting him to take it from her (and of course, she'll give this "I'm a helpless woman" look) it makes me fucking ashamed to be female. I look to the heavens and scream "FUUUUUUUU-"
BTW protheus, I think Columbine is exactly right about the group mentality thing. As an Air Force cadet, there's like 25 guys to every girl... and I'm sure a lot of girls would think that's awesome because I do have tons of guy friends. But I would never consider dating one of them because of the immense WEIRDNESS that would ensue with the other guys and then the possible compound weirdness should things turn sour with the guy I chose D: I've actually been told by two older female officers to avoid dating fellow male officers like the plague annnd I believe that, y'siree. So I can completely empathize and understand why you didn't ask one of them.
I wouldn't call you a 'grass eater' at all. Glad to hear your love story has a happy ending though.
Also LOL @ street tag, I've often seen that kind of thing happen to my little brother (he was the only boy in our neighborhood)... well, I suppose it was fun exercise! ;p