[ And here it goes. He should have probably not mentioned a thing. But it's always possible to change the subject. Like -- look at the birds. ]
Pfft. I've had girlfriends. [ But define having a girlfriend. Hardy had har. ]
I had Andie. [ He liked her enough. And he knows what they had wasn't real and him using her like that hadn't been at all right, but that's how it's always been. He's never wanted more with them and being with the girls he'd been with had been -- convenient. That's all.
In others words: no, Elena. He's never had a girlfriend. Not in the conventional sense. ]