my ATF only retired about 6 months ago. She was trying to "de-whore-afy her life" though I suspect that was because she was tired of the boyfriend calling her a whore. She's a full time waitress at a breasturant now. She works a lot more and makes a lot less, though I think it's much more stable income now than before. Her boyfriend knows I use to visit her at the club and from time to time I see him where she works and he always gives me the stink eye. To which I always think that a year ago his rent, drugs, phone and shoes were probably all paid for with money I gave her.
Anyway, her and I are still really good friends. We message each other a few times a week, and I try to stop into her work for some beers at least once a week, and we catch up on gossip. One week when her boyfriend was out of town she asked me to stop by her place to hang out.
I still tip her pretty good at the restaurant, so it's probably worth her time to keep everything friendly with me, but it seems pretty genuine. She confides in me and tells me stuff that I'm pretty sure she doesn't share with other customers. Will it last 10 years from now, probably not, but it would be great if it did because we've always got along great together.
I had a former favorite...is that a term FF? I had a FF that fucking HATES me now because I tried pushing her towards OTC and she didn't want to do it, so I moved on. I think she was starting to get dependent on the money I was giving her, so when that dried up, it screwed up a housing situation she was working on. Which I felt like she knew exactly what to do to fix her money issues, she just wasn't willing to go there. I still see her a lot and I think sometimes she approaches me by mistake, when she realizes it's me, she just says, are you good, and I just nod and she walks on.
Kind of amazing how different those two endings were. I guess one was the ATF's choice, and the other was mine.