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"   Mom. Dad. I love you guys. But, I think it&amp;#039;s time for you to butt out of my love life. When I turned 24 a couple weeks ago, my mom said, &amp;quot;Happy Birthday! Soon we&amp;#039;ll be singing &amp;#039;Here comes the bride!&amp;#039; Hehe...&amp;quot;  You guys, I&amp;#039;m single. Very single.  This is the type of convo I often have with my parents. &amp;quot;When are you going to meet someone?&amp;quot; they ask. I mean...okay. I get it. They don&amp;#039;t want me to end up alone without a man to love forever and ever. I also get that my parental unit is at an age (they&amp;#039;re over 60) where they want some grand-babies. Um, yeah. That&amp;#039;s not happening for at least another six to 10 years. You would think my mom would be the main player in the When is Dara Going to Meet a Man game. But nah, my dad is just as guilty. Over the weekend I told him I was heading out to dinner with some girlfriends for a belated bday celebration and the first words out of his mouth were, &amp;quot;Okay, that&amp;#039;s cool. Maybe you should try going to dinner alone sometime. You know, then you might meet a guy.&amp;quot; Daddy, say what? I laughed and replied, &amp;quot;What do you mean?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Well, I was watching a talk show the other day and this relationship expert said that if you go to dinner by yourself, a guy will most likely come up to you. If you&amp;#039;re out with your friends, he&amp;#039;ll think you&amp;#039;re just out having fun with your friends...,&amp;quot; Pops explained. I squinted my face in confusion and responded, &amp;quot;I am just going out to have fun with my friends...&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I know, but hey. Maybe this is just how people meet nowadays.&amp;quot; Okay, Dad. You see, my parents are down-right obsessed with my lack thereof a love life. I know it&amp;#039;s just them smothering me with love because they are scared I won&amp;#039;t find someone...and they want me to have what they have (everlasting love). But, I know how awesome I am. And, I know some dude will eventually want me to be his one and only. Right? RIGHT?! Heh. The truth is, I&amp;#039;m picky...in a good way. Just because I&amp;#039;m not dating men as often as they want doesn&amp;#039;t mean I&amp;#039;m not looking. Please buh-lieve me. I am looking...and there are some real hotties out there. Anyway, Ma and Pa. Stop worrying about me. I will find him. Are your parents obsessed with your love life too? Want more from Dara? Follow her on Twitter @dadeeyo. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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