Compiled List from spook and all other suggestions:

Bullet-point Reasons G/E shippyness will never happen (not using word, so I don't have bullets, I'll shoot blanks ** ;-)

Part ONE

* It would ruin the Goren/Eames dynamic that we currently see on the show.

* Bobby is too closed-off to be in a "real" relationship.

* They might get separated from each other @ work if they were dating. (It's illegal for partners to have a romantic relationship in NYPD) (Ross is pretty rigid and if he got wind of anything romantic, he would probably split up their team. Then we might have Logan/Eames and Goren/Wheeler or Goren/Logan or Goren/Jefferies or Goren/Richie or Goren/ANYBODY WHO ISN'T EAMES. That would be terrible.)

* VDO has stated he doesn't want a romance for Bobby and the writers will keep him happy. Vincent says no, the writer have never shown it, WE say no...so there!!! nah nah nah (lololol)

* The "tension" isn't there for Goren and Eames in a romantic sense, just warmth, respect and friendship.

* He calls her "Eames", if they were in a relationship, he would be calling her Alex by now.

* Too many of us would get mad and quit watching the show.

* "The Big Question" would finally be answered and the mystique would be gone....

* The fun of the "to ship or not to ship" thread would be over.....

* There's very little touching, usually Bobby stopping Eames when he gets a clue on a cell call, etc. Not forgetting the time he touched her after she almost shot the guy who only had a starters pistol - that was a caring touch and one done by a close friend.

* When he has a family crisis, he shuts Eames out instead of letting her help. "Back off..." aka When Bobby is leaving in the elevator in TWAH...he tell Alex "Just back off". That was not a way you would talk to someone you love, but a partner who is pushing a bit too hard at the moment.

* There have been hints over the years that they have both dated other people, but never a hint they have ever dated each other.

* Bobby is not Eames' type

* He called her sis.

* They flirt with other people while working on a case together

* Who can forget "It's too late"? While it was a resigned sigh that she is aware of the effect he has had on her career, there is a bit of underlying resentment that she is so closely connected to his 'unique investigative techniques'.

* Brothers and sisters DO fight and DO feel remorse and a need to reconcile. It's not just for lovers.

* Goren and Eames have always worked as cop-partners and friends, and he "doesn't react well to change".

* "Kissing" time would taking time from the plot of the show and we only have 43-44 minutes now.

* The bad guys would get away, Look what happen when Elliot worried too much about Olivia a Boy got killed and the bad guy got away.

* Bobby needs Eames to scroll on the PC, not roll in the hay.

* Touching someone doesn't mean you wanna boink them.

* Looking at a friend with a knowing smile doesn't mean you wanna boink them.

* They spend all their working hours together - how much more time could they spend together before they ruin the partnership/friendship and not get on each other's nerves?

* Bobby would NEVER get to drive.

* After all those years as partners, if Bobby were interested in Eames, he would have taken her to meet his mother voluntarily and not wait for Frank to get involved.

* Putting up with her partner's quirkiness doesn't mean Eames wants to boink Goren.

* Just because Eames goes to her partner's mom's funeral doesn't mean she wants to boink said partner.

* Bobby broke Eames' Santa mug. If he loved her he would have bought her another one. Even if it meant scouring ebay and estate sales.

* Bobby is spending too much time searching for Donny to spend quality time with a girlfriend.

* When Bobby finds Donny (I hope he will), he will be too busy taking him to Yankees games, etc., to spend time with a girlfriend.

* Eames does not want the ring that Frank pried off Frances Goren as her engagement ring.

* The show will have jumped the SHARK

* I don't think it would work out because they are partners.

* The show would more than likely be canceled in the near future. (I have seen it happen with other shows that did it)

* If Bobby had feelings for Eames, he wouldn't have corrected Frank when Frank thought they were romantically involved...he would have clarified!

* When Mama Goren told Bobby she heard he had a girlfriend, he corrected her and said, "No, Frank misunderstood." He would have told him mom the truth.

* It will never happen because vincent said himself that he doesnt want to have a romance on the show, and that if they thought he should have one he would leave the show lol... thats why it wont happen

* Just because Bobby comes to Alex's defense, doesn't mean he's IN LOVE with her. He is the larger more powerful of the team. He wouldn't just stand back and let her be attacked when he could do something to protect her. They are partners, he's just doing his job.

* LOCI is after all a CRIME DRAMA, not a soap opera. The two most important detectives are partners not lovers. The show is centered on the crimes and the solving of the crimes. A touch of person info is cool...the two best detective "boining" is not necessary to the continued enjoyment of the program.

* Eames has dated, when she was on pregnancy leave. Bobby has dated, Irene for one. If I was IN LOVE with someone I wouldn't be dating someone else.

* Bobby didn't use a key to get inside Eames' apartment in Blind Spot. I think he would rather face the funny look from Ross than watch them use a battering ram on her door.

* Work partners often work together their entire careers without boinking. It happens!

* See that look El gives Liv? YEP. Ever see THAT look between Bobby and Alex? NOPE. I'm not talking about smiling, KNOWING looks. I'm talking about sexually-tense looks like the E/O "sitting on the porch steps" look.

* Goren would have never had an interest in Leslie Lazard if he loved Eames. Or in Nelda the nurse, either.

* The fact that Eames finds Goren's 'hands on' (poking, touching, sticking things into) approach with their deceased victims so distasteful, she doesn't want him touching her with those hands.

* Bobby and Alex are not in love. (Compliments of ValleyoftheShado)

* Bobby's warmth and affection is part of who he is and not because he has romantic feelings for Alex.

* If Bobby and Alex were really "together" she would have made him go to Home Depot/Lowes and update that kitchen!

* I put Bobby and Alex's names on 2 Skittles™ and super-glued them together. They fell apart.

* If Logan jumped off a bridge, Goren would prolly jump in to save him.

* If Eames loved Bobby, she would have TOLD him about that letter requesting a new partner LONG before she had to read it in court.

* The Bobby and Alex M&M's melted in my hands! They didn't melt together, silly!

Compiled List from spook and all other suggestions:

Bullet-point Reasons G/E shippyness will never happen (not using word, so I don't have bullets, I'll shoot blanks ** ;-)

Part TWO

* Bobby ordered veal parmesan five nights in a row to watch the waitress write it down.

* IF Bobby had 'shippy' feelings for Alex, his own feelings would have been hurt when she read the letter requesting another partner in court. Instead, he understood as a friend/partner that he's an 'acquired taste' and never gave it another thought.

* If Bobby and Alex were having sex, he wouldn't be having all this built up anger and frustration. He would be more mellow. He looks like a man who needs to get laid, not like a man who has gotten laid.

* Bobby would not have been so rude to her in War At Home when she asked about his mom and then his brother. He completely ignored her and wouldn't even acknowledge that she just spoke to him.

* AND, she would have understood why he was so upset at having to work that case when his mother needed him so much and she wouldn't have ignored his pain with the "you do that" comment and walking away after the interrogation.

* Eames wants to be more than her job (from The War at Home).

* In "Endgame" Bobby would have said, "trust me, Alex."

* Cause Captain Jryan says so.

* Eames doesn't want another husband who is a cop, since her heart was broken once, when Joe died.

* The two prominent LOCI characters who thought Bobby and Eames WERE a couple are Frank and Frances Goren. Not exactly sparkling, observant character witnesses, since Frank is an addict and Mom Goren was only going on what Frank said.

* Cuz the NoRomos are such a great group of people, too.

* When it comes to SHIPPYNESS, the BORG from ST said it best: Resistance to SHIPPYNESS is Futile.

* The noromos are cool kids.

* The NoRomos are AwEsOmE!

* If Bobby and Eames were in a relationship, she wouldn't have to ask him during work hours about his mother or brother. She would already know since they would discuss personal issues when they were alone. (They spend no time alone together outside of work.

* Judy won't let it happen.

* #69 Goren and Eames don't go that way! Ewwwww no way jose.

* Because they are more like brother and sister and that would be like....ew....

* Alex is still in love with her deceased husband.

* Alex likes blonds (Joe).

* In POI Eames asked if "he was able to get any sleep last night." If they were lovers, she wouldn't ask that question and if they were lovers, he wouldn't have spent five nights in a row eating...alone.

*Alex is still in love with her deceased husband.

*Alex likes blonds (Joe).

* After Eames broke the news to Deakins about her pregnancy, she told Goren, "When the time comes, you'll get a temporary partner." Goren's reaction is..."I never thought about that." If they were that close, they would have discussed a temporary partner so he wouldn't have been so disarmed by her absence.

* If Goren and Eames were 'in love', Eames would NOT be amused when women make 'googly' eyes at Bobby. The fact that she does find it amusing, is proof, yet again that they are not shippy.

* If Goren and Eames were romantically involved, she would have known he not only reads his Smithsonian magazine - she would have known it fit perfectly on his treadmill. (She didn't because they're not!)

* Eames would also know Goren's taste in art would be the hot, sweaty nudes. The art he likes to think about.

* You can be protective of someone without wanting to sleep with them.

* No man likes to see a woman cry - the fact that Bobby has a hard time with Alex crying does not mean he's in love with her. It means he's a man (and what a man) and is incomfortable with his partner crying since he doesn't know what to say.

* Because, if he loved her in a "lover" way...he would have grabbed hold of her when she was crying and held her close to comfort and protect her! It would have just been instinct.

* If he loved her in a "lover" way...he would have grabbed hold of her when she was crying and held her close to comfort and protect her! It would have just been instinct.

* Nothing ruins a good crime show more than romance! Where he'd step in when Eames were in trouble, he'd do it because she's the partner. I've never seen him look at Eames as if he were in love.

* If Goren liked Eames as more then a friend, he would have been jealous of Eames spending time with Peter because she was romantically interested in him. Instead he was annoyed because she spent time away from their working partnership.

Now to those who may say that Peter and Goren didn't get along in the episode, I agree. But I think that had much more to do with Peter's reluctance to 'eavesdrop' on the suspects (difference in police procedures) then Goren's personal feelings about Peter.

* Cuz although we all would love to see how Goren makes love to a woman, we don't want it to be Eames.

* Goren likes brunettes, not blonds like Eames (see Irene from season 1).
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*Goren's NoRomo bodyguards (along with the rest of the lovely crew) would never allow Goren to be kidnapped and sentenced to the USS Relationship!

* Eames doesn't like cats, Goren loves animals.

*Eames and Goren can't even agree on what food and drink to enjoy.