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" Looks like this kissing bandit has to take two.&amp;amp;nbsp; I&amp;#x27;ll see my lip-challenged date this weekend --&amp;amp;nbsp; will let you know the new (and hopefully improved) prognosis! That&amp;#x27;s me at a fundraiser last night.&amp;amp;nbsp; Can we take a moment to discuss how unflattering this frock is? Maybe you can&amp;#x27;t really tell, because I&amp;#x27;m vane, and I cropped most of the &amp;amp;quot;baggage&amp;amp;quot; out. Over the maternity/moo-moo thing!&amp;amp;nbsp; Every time I decide to blow some cash, this is the only style I can find!&amp;amp;nbsp; Poor me -- I want my waistline back. Just sent emails to Melalane and Imaginary Socialite, asking if the evil baby-doll craze will ever end. After agonizing over my overpriced tent dress this morning (and wondering why my hair was stuck to my face),&amp;amp;nbsp; I flipped on The Today Show and caught a segment which reminded me of us...&amp;amp;nbsp; Have you heard of Inter-facial Relationships?&amp;amp;nbsp;Translation: Couples who aren&amp;#x27;t on the same level of attractiveness. A smart, self-deprecating magazine editor spearheaded the conversation because she claims her husband is smokin&amp;#x27; hot, while she doesn&amp;#x27;t consider herself such a looker. I&amp;#x27;ve been there!&amp;amp;nbsp; There was this breathtakingly handsome guy who I met at Citibank (lol). We started seeing each-other immediately, you know me.&amp;amp;nbsp; I remember feeling really paranoid that people were whispering, &amp;amp;quot;How&amp;#x27;d she get him?&amp;amp;quot; every time we&amp;#x27;d enter a restaurant, or the movies, even on the subway.&amp;amp;nbsp; I soon learned that he was as NUTS as he was HOT, and my attention to our uneven looks faded fast!&amp;amp;nbsp; Like, this whole &amp;amp;quot;Dating Down&amp;amp;quot; and &amp;amp;quot;Dating Up&amp;amp;quot; lingo?&amp;amp;nbsp; I hear those terms all the time.&amp;amp;nbsp; It&amp;#x27;s so ugly, really.&amp;amp;nbsp; Though I can&amp;#x27;t help but wonder who&amp;#x27;s put me in those boxes... Right or wrong, we are cognizant of the way we look compared to others.&amp;amp;nbsp; We equate good looks with good sex with good lives -- even if we know better.&amp;amp;nbsp; We beat ourselves up over blah dresses, that probably were only that bad in our own eyes.&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Have you ever been in an inter-facial relationship??"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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