Going to the next stage

 A lasting friendship

                                          Does a mature lady friend qualify for a girlfriend?

Valentyna, my older lady friend in France is talking about taking our friendship to the next stage. While I am happy to do that for my friend, Svitlana, in Oxfordsire, and perhaps for Svetlana, my friend in Valencia, I am not so keen on going there yet with her. The reason is we have hardly "touched base."