I wonder what it must be like to only see hints for pairings you like? Guess I'd be living in a happy little fantasy land right now where Joey/Rachel never happened (omg Friends writers WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!?!). 'Course, I'd also be certifiably insane.
The fun part is, once Hikari shows up we're going to end up going through the Pokeshipping/Advanceshipping/Contestshipping argument all over again with different characters. Yaay!
So, Ash and girls. Tom Greenville, I hope you don't mind me saying so, but I can't help noticing you've formed your entire hypothesis on an event that has never even been aluded to. There is no evidence whatsoever that Delia read Ash fairy tales. Maybe in Pokemon land they have different fairy tales that are all about capturing Pokemon rather than knights rescuing princesses. Maybe Delia tried to read Ash things like Cinderella but he thought they were stupid. Or, hey, maybe she read him Cinderella and he listened to it but had enough strength of mind not to base his entire belief-system on children's stories he heard when he was three.
Regarding all those girls he met for the first time, it's actually a huge cliche for the two future lovers to have a big tiff when they first meet.
As for Ash being gay, I feel there is faulty logic at work. Ash must be gay because he shows no interest in girls? You could as easily say that Ash must be straight because he shows no interest in guys.