Re: The answer will always be personal

This is why I framed it the way I did, as a 'what if' scenario.

I see. I understood the "what if" as only applying to the outing, not the whole package.

So let's suppose my life was different enough to include a LGF.

In that case, I might still quit her - but in other terms.

I would quit her to avoid her the fallout of my outing. But I would likely move to some other place and continue a similar life as before.

But I'm not doing anything illegal, and that was part of the equation I presented. I'm just talking about being in a friendship situation with the girl.

But a false accusation can be just as damaging, especially to her. (Not that much to you if you are willing and able to fight it in court) I don't think the difference is as large as most on GC tend to think. Following to a false accusation, girls can be dragged through therapy and families can be cut apart from you even when/if you haven't done anything illegal. Remember in many eyes, we are always guilty.

Although in my particular case, it is partly the false accusation thing, and partly indeed the non-zero chance that I'd end up doing something illegal. I recognize the chances of it are not nil.

and having a girl in my life, even one I see only once or twice a week, helps a great deal in relieving my anxiety and depression

I cannot speak for everyone, heh. But for me, the constant finding of random girls at any given place and time substitutes for a constant girl.