I'm currently running the latest version of GirlFriend and I've been 
having some problems lately. I've been running the same version of 
DrinkingBuddies 1.0 forever as my primary application, and all the 
GirlFriend releases I've tried have always conflicted with it. I hear 
that DrinkingBuddies won't crash if GirlFriend is run in background mode 
and the sound is turned off. But I'm embarrassed to say I can't find the 
switch to turn the sound off. I just run them separately, and it works 
okay. Girlfriend also seems to have a problem co-existing with my Golf 
program, often trying to abort Golf with some sort of timing 
incompatibility. 

I probably should have stayed with GirlFriend 1.0, but I thought I 
might see better performance from GirlFriend 2.0. After months of 
conflicts and other problems, I consulted a friend who has had 
experience with GirlFriend 2.0. He said I probably didn't have enough 
cache to run GirlFriend 2.0, and eventually it would require a Token 
Ring to run properly. He was right - as soon as I purged my cache, it 
uninstalled itself. 

Shortly after that, I installed GirlFriend 3.0 beta. All the bugs 
were supposed to be gone, but the first time I used it, it gave me a 
virus anyway. I had to clean out my whole system and shut down for 
a while. 

I very cautiously upgraded to GirlFriend 4.0. This time I used a 
SCSI probe first and also installed a virus protection program. It 
worked okay for a while until I discovered that GirlFriend 1.0 was still 
in my system. I tried running GirlFriend 1.0 again with GirlFriend 4.0 
still installed, but GirlFriend 4.0 has a feature I didn't know about 
that automatically senses the presence of any other version of 
GirlFriend and communicates with it in some way, which results in the 
immediate removal of both versions. 

The version I have now works pretty well, but there are still some 
problems. Like all versions of GirlFriend, it is written in some 
obscure language I can't understand, much less reprogram. Frankly I 
think there is too much attention paid to the look and feel rather than 
the desired functionality. Also, to get the best connections with your 
hardware, you usually have to use gold-plated contacts. And I've never 
liked how GirlFriend is totally "object-oriented." 

A year ago, a friend of mine upgraded his version of GirlFriend to 
GirlFriendPlus 1.0, which is a Terminate and Stay Resident version of 
GirlFriend. He discovered that GirlFriendPlus 1.0 expires within a 
year if you don't upgrade to Fiancee 1.0. So he did, but soon after 
that, he had to upgrade to Wife 1.0, which he describes as a huge 
resource hog. It has taken up all his space, so he can't load anything 
else. One of the primary reasons he decided to go with Wife 1.0 was 
because it came bundled with FreeSexPlus. 

Well, it turns out the resource allocation module of Wife 1.0 
sometimes prohibits access to FreeSexPlus, particularly the new 
Plug-Ins he wanted to try. On top of that, Wife 1.0 must be running 
on a well warmed-up system before he can do anything. Although he did 
not ask for it, Wife 1.0 came with MotherInLaw which has an automatic 
pop-up feature he can't turn off. 

I told him to try installing Mistress 1.0, but he said he heard if 
you try to run it without first uninstalling Wife 1.0, Wife 1.0 will 
delete MSMoney files before doing the uninstall itself. Then Mistress 
1.0 won't install anyway because of insufficient resources.