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"Last night was my one-year anniversary with my boyfriend, so how did we celebrate? By creeping on my roommate&amp;#x27;s first date, of course. I know, we sound like the biggest weirdos, but she asked us to! Let me explain: My roommate recently downloaded the new dating app, Tinder. She wanted to just try it for kicks and giggles&amp;amp;#8212;not expecting to actually meet anybody through it&amp;amp;#8212;but when a cute guy she had been chatting to for a while finally asked her out, she agreed to go. But this is her first attempt at online dating, so she was nervous to actually meet up with him in person. What if he&amp;#x27;s a psycho? What if he stands her up? What if he&amp;#x27;s unbearably awkward? Obviously, these are all concerns that come up even with guys you meet organically, but erring on the side of caution, I agreed with her that a friend should be in the same neighborhood the night of her date in case anything went wrong. My boyfriend and I had already celebrated our one-year with a fancy dinner a few nights before, so we were happy to go out for drinks the night-of to observe our anniversary and help out a friend. Even better, her date picked a cool speakeasy bar that I&amp;#x27;ve been dying to try. We were scared that our secret double date could have gone wrong&amp;amp;#8212;if, say, the hostess sat us next to each other, or if her date had done some Google detective work and recognized me from pictures. But it ended up being totally fine! As luck would have it, the hostess sat us on opposite ends of the bar&amp;amp;#8212;plus, it was so dark in there, I don&amp;#x27;t think he could have recognized me if he tried. I enjoyed my own date and avoided actively spying, but I did get enough of a glimpse to see that my roomie and her fellow were having fun. In fact, she didn&amp;#x27;t even notice when we left the bar because they were so deep in conversation. Awkwardness avoided! I don&amp;#x27;t think we&amp;#x27;ll ever have to do a secret double date again, but it was a fun experiment. And I want to know if you and your friends have a plan for dates! Do you tell one another where you&amp;#x27;re going? Have you ever had somebody be in the neighborhood too? Any awkward spying-gone-wrong tales? Photo: Alamy"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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