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"In my early twenties, I definitely thought there was a possibility that I&amp;amp;#8217;d still be single at 35.That&amp;amp;#8217;s what friends are for, right? So I made a &amp;amp;#8220;safety&amp;amp;#8221; pact with my dear friend Adam, who was also down on the abysmal dating scene: If we were both single at 35, we&amp;amp;#8217;d marry each other. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t know how seriously either of us took the pact at the time, but there were certainly times over the next decade when we&amp;amp;#8217;d both mention it&amp;amp;#8212;usually after a particularly nasty breakup. I guess it was nice knowing that there was at least one member of the opposite sex who still thought you were marriage material. I&amp;amp;#8217;m happy to report that Adam and I were both married (and at each other&amp;amp;#8217;s weddings) within a year of each other, so our pact was mutually dissolved. I think it was good (and good for something) while it lasted though. Single ladies: Is there a &amp;amp;#8220;safety&amp;amp;#8221; guy you&amp;amp;#8217;d marry if you were single at 35? How &amp;amp;#8217;bout 40? Have you had a discussion with the guy in question, or are you just working under the assumption that he&amp;amp;#8217;ll be single for a while? Do you think there&amp;amp;#8217;s a chance you&amp;amp;#8217;d ever act on a safety pact? More things I&amp;amp;#8217;m wondering: * How Do You Deal With Unsolicited Wedding Planning Advice? * At the End of Your Wedding, What Will Your Getaway Vehicle Be? * What Do You Usually Give for a Wedding Gift? More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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