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		<title>About Those Dates&#8230;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past week I went on four dates as outlined in this RFP by Caroline on Crack. Last night I debriefed Caroline and explained why I&#8217;m too much the Hallmark skeptic and romantic realist (or something) to follow through with the picking of a &#8220;winner&#8221; for grand prize Valentines date. Read about my crackdates &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://andysternberg.com/about-those-dates/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "About Those Dates&#8230;"</span></a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Over the past week I went on four dates as outlined in <a href="http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2008/01/22/for-the-girls-win-a-date-for-valentines-day-caroline-on-crack-style/">this RFP</a> by Caroline on Crack.</p>
<p>Last night I debriefed Caroline and explained why I&#8217;m too much the Hallmark skeptic and romantic realist (or something) to follow through with the picking of a &#8220;winner&#8221; for grand prize Valentines date. </p>
<p>Read about my crackdates <a href="http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2008/02/14/win-a-valentine-date-update-part-i/">here</a> (Pt. I) and <a href="http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2008/02/15/win-a-valentine-date-update-part-ii/">here</a> (Pt. II).<br />
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I <a href="http://www.carolineoncrack.com/2008/02/14/win-a-valentine-date-update-part-i/#comment-71680">commented</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>What can I say? A Valentines second date would just feel too contrived. Besides, after months of dating myself Iâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />m now convinced that Iâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />m ready to cut things off and start dating other people. I really did enjoy each of my crackdates.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can be a cheesy mofo. But as an old friend once <a href="www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmgB7qVh0-w">said</a>: it would take a strong, strong manâ€¦. As another old friend once said:</p>
<p>http://ikissyou.org </p></blockquote>
<p>Since we&#8217;re here, I&#8217;ll add these exclusives: 1) I think I&#8217;m hooked on dating; 2) I CAN turn off my cellphone off and forget about it for up to 6 hours; and 3) Girls still like me.</p>
<p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7-how-7/298181834/">7-how-7</a> under Creative Commons license.</em></p>
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