[jonny_noog]

... Then Steve Jobs recommended simply giving one earbud to the girl.

Not to disregard or in any way invalidate your point, which has been taken, but did Steve have a solution for the possible ear wax issue, or does his famed reality distortion field extend to ear wax as well? I'm generally not keen to use anyone else's earbuds, nor am I keen to lend mine to anyone else (and they're not even the kind that you need to wedge into your ear).

[davidmathers]

I want this girl to stick her tongue in my mouth but I'm horrified by the thought of her earwax touching my ear.

Um, what?

[jonny_noog]

I was actually thinking of it the other way around, the comfort factor of a girl that I assumedly don't know very well being offered my ear buds and the potential awkwardness that this may engender, regardless of the actual condition of my hypothetical ear buds (which would be very clean) or my general rule about no one using my own ear buds (to which there are admittedly some rare exceptions, with people whom I know well enough). But I guess judging by the downvote, not Steve or anyone else must think this way. Message received.