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"A friend of mine and her boyfriend recently celebrated six months of dating. I knew they met online but when I asked about their first date, I was so surprised. It was something I&amp;amp;#8217;d never heard of before! After connecting on a dating website, they agreed to meet at a cool sports bar for drinks. However, when they arrived, they were greeted by piles of red, yellow and green tee-shirts. Much to their surprise, that night the sports bar was hosting a stoplight party. Apparently I&amp;amp;#8217;m the last one to ever hear about these events but in case you&amp;amp;#8217;re also out of the loop, here&amp;amp;#8217;s how they work. You pick a shirt color based on your relationship status. So a red shirt means you&amp;amp;#8217;re in a relationship, yellow means &amp;amp;#8220;it&amp;amp;#8217;s complicated&amp;amp;#8221; and a green shirt means you&amp;amp;#8217;re single. The shirts are oversized so you just slip them on over what you&amp;amp;#8217;re wearing; the bar also provided felt-tip markers so partygoers could write silly messages (or numbers!) on each other&amp;amp;#8217;s shirts. My friend and her now boyfriend both slipped on green shirts that night, but they spent the whole evening with each other. And now they&amp;amp;#8217;re happy as can be. Plus, they&amp;amp;#8217;ve got an awesome story about their first date! Have you ever been to a stoplight party? Or maybe you&amp;amp;#8217;re like me and you&amp;amp;#8217;ve never heard of them before? And what do you think of first dates at bars? Are you a fan or not so much? For more on dates and dating&amp;amp;#133; * My New Number 1 Rule About Guys (It&amp;#x27;s the Best Dating Tip I&amp;#x27;ve Learned Yet!) * Mary Lynn Rajskub Tells Us How to Spot a Gentleman (And How to Spot the Dudes Who Are So NOT Gentlemen!) * Dating: 4 Guys Reveal What Forms of PDA They Love....and Hate More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;amp;#8217;s schedule Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Photo: Jupiter Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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