dates

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Common Threads

Why We Obsess Over Patterns in Our Dates “Stop dating four-letter dudes,” my friend Heather (seven letters) told me. “You have a problem. You need to break this habit, the way some people don’t date Geminis.”   While I am always scanning new paramours for red flags, I had
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Friend-zoned

Can Men Escape the ‘Friend Zone’? A new dating study shows that men are more likely than women to be “friend-zoned,” and that it is often because they over-estimate their attractiveness and misread cues from their female friends. Friend-zoned is the term used for when
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Don’t Break the Bank

Save Money While Still Showing Your Love Being in a relationship is fun, but it comes at a cost … literally. Think about it, you go on dates and buy each other gifts. The next thing you know, you are scared to check your credit card statement. But you are happy, you are in
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