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"I was on Jezebel this morning and was really moved by this story, Perspectives On Plus-Size Dating, From An Actual Plus-Size Dater. Because the author had some very bad experiences, she didn&amp;amp;#8217;t date for many years. (She also lives in NYC, which I&amp;amp;#8217;m now convinced makes dating 5x harder.) Happily, the story ended with her finding a BF who appreciates her for who she is.I was also reading in the U.K.&amp;amp;#8217;s Daily Mail the other day about a dating web site called The Ugly Bug Ball where people who are &amp;amp;#8220;aesthetically challenged&amp;amp;#8221; can find love and &amp;amp;#8220;deal in reality.&amp;amp;#8221; I was speechless. The Mail was reporting the dating site&amp;amp;#8217;s first engagement. They actually quoted the man&amp;#x27;s first email to his now-betrothed, in which he wrote, &amp;amp;#8220;I&amp;#x27;ve got a face that makes children cry but, as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder&amp;amp;#8212;and I think you&amp;#x27;ll love me too.&amp;amp;#8221; Kind of a wake-up call. I think, sometimes, we get caught up in the dating lives of Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie, and it just seems so fun and glamorous. But it&amp;amp;#8217;s not very realistic. Do you even like dating? Do you feel attractive most of the time? And don&amp;#x27;t we all feel not-so-pretty sometimes? I don&amp;#x27;t want to start a big pity party, but I do want to hear from those of you who feel marginalized but never take a moment to express yourselves. Possibly the worst thing in the world is sitting at a party or just being around other people and feeling invisible. Talk to me! More Ways to Get Glamour Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter! Add us to your iGoogle homepage. Photo: George Doyle"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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