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"My former co-workers from ELLEgirl: Linnea, Mariel, Melissa, me, and Marie, at Melissa&amp;amp;#8217;s party. (Love you guys!) Last night, I went to my friend Melissa&amp;#x27;s book party; it was for her third teen novel, Violet in Private and Marianne Mancusi&amp;#x27;s Gamer Girl. A bunch of us were excited the event was at Butter&amp;amp;#8212;because it was on Gossip Girl. Afterwards, Melissa, her fiance, Dave and I went to Indochine for a nice, long dinner. But Melissa and I really got to talking, and poor Dave had to sit there, get ignored, and be quiet. Now. I don&amp;#x27;t know too many men who are patient enough to do this. And Dave is not a bump on a log&amp;amp;#8212;he&amp;#x27;s actually a total riot, and he has tons of friends. But on this particular night, because Melissa and I were really yakking, he was willing to sit there. Most of the men I know are always in a hurry to go make money, do everything, meet new girls, etc. etc. (this may be a Type &amp;amp;#8220;A&amp;amp;#8221; New Yorker thing). They would never put up with a long chatty dinner&amp;amp;#8212;especially on a Tuesday night. And granted, usually we engage Dave in the convo, or he has his friends along as well, but every once in a while, you are just a partner, that&amp;#x27;s it. You are there for the other person. And you might be bored out of your mind, which Dave was. Still, he did not get out his iPhone and play games, or huff and puff, or complain. Or try to butt in. Now that&amp;#x27;s a supportive partner! Sadly, I don&amp;#x27;t know any mature men like that. That must be why Dave and Melissa are getting married...and I&amp;#x27;m not! Why does it take so long for men to grow up, become patient, and be satisfied with where they are in life, how much money they&amp;#x27;ve earned, and with how many women they&amp;#x27;ve met? Is that really the key to relationship success? A man who can sit still at dinner? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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