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"Another week, another online dating pattern to gripe about. I promise to write about something good to come out of online dating just as soon as it happens to me personally, not just one of my romantically-lucky friends. Hmmph.So, this happens to me on a semi-regular basis. Not like, weekly, but enough times that I now feel compelled to write about it because I&amp;amp;#8217;m sure it happens to some of you guys too. I get an email via an online dating site from a guy who lives nowhere in my general vicinity, who says he&amp;amp;#8217;s visiting my city for a weekend or such, so would I like to hang out? And I&amp;amp;#8217;m all, &amp;quot;No thanks buddy, this isn&amp;amp;#8217;t Craigslist.&amp;quot; Just kidding, I never even respond, because yuck! I&amp;#x27;m picturing this guy with a tan line on his left hand where his wedding band should be, but I may just be cynical. I don&amp;amp;#8217;t know, maybe I&amp;amp;#8217;m being too judgmental. (Me, judgmental? Never!) I guess if you&amp;amp;#8217;re spending time alone in a new place, it would be nice to have someone local show you around, and why not a person you might be able to do a little flirting with too? If that were really all it was, it could fun. But at least with the emails I tend to get, it always feels like a cheap effort to get laid on a lonely business trip with a woman you&amp;#x27;ll never have to see again, and that&amp;#x27;s just not for me. Sure, I have nothing against a brief romantic out of town adventure, but I kind of think it&amp;#x27;s something that&amp;#x27;s got to just happen in an unexpected but natural way. Scheduling such an encounter with a stranger on the Internet doesn&amp;#x27;t seem like it would be romantic or spontaneous; it&amp;#x27;s just weird and probably bound to be awkward, right? Or am I wrong? What do you think: Is it a DO or a DON&amp;#x27;T to meet someone via online dating who&amp;#x27;s just passing through your town? Would you ever try to meet up with a stranger while you&amp;#x27;re traveling? Do you get emails like this and how do you respond? If anyone has a s More of my experiences in online dating: *The Weirdest But Best Online Date Ever: I Went On It Last Night *Online Dating: The Fine Line Between Quirky and Totally Creepy in Messages *Do NOT Commit This Major Online Dating Mistake (It&amp;#x27;s My New Pet Peeve!)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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