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"&amp;amp;#8220;Well,&amp;amp;#8221; said Neighbor Bro as I climbed out of the cab after our ping-pong date, &amp;amp;#8220;it was very nice to meet you.&amp;amp;#8221; I&amp;amp;#8217;m sorry, WHAT? Had this just been a date or a job interview? I mumbled something similar, scurried into my apartment and immediately started talking to myself. &amp;quot;I thought we had a good time, what&amp;amp;#8217;s all this &amp;amp;#8216;nice to meet you&amp;amp;#8217; crap?&amp;amp;#8221; I fumed to the elevator buttons. &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m surprised he didn&amp;#x27;t hand me a business card!&amp;quot; If this line followed a night of uncomfortable silences and clashing opinions, then this would be a fair way to end the date. But we&amp;amp;#8217;d had an awesome time! The ping-pong competition stayed friendly and light (no tantrums or trips to the ER), and we talked a lot about our lives. A solid date, if you ask me. But now I wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t so sure. I called my friend Hilary for advice and translation. &amp;amp;#8220;Hmmm,&amp;amp;#8221; she mused, &amp;amp;#8220;considering you two had never met before, I think he was just trying to be polite. Going in for a kiss would&amp;amp;#8217;ve been awkward.&amp;amp;#8221; I rolled my eyes. Sure, maybe a goodnight smooch would&amp;amp;#8217;ve been a little much, but nice to meet you? Ugh. One guy I met on OKCupid handed me this line after a super-fun brunch date&amp;amp;#8212;never heard from him again. After that, I decided this line was the kiss of death, a courteous way of saying &amp;amp;#8220;I want nothing to do with you sexually. Ever.&amp;amp;#8221; But not always. Eastern European Boy actually said the same thing after our first date, and I figured that he was gone with the wind. But nearly two months later, we&amp;amp;#8217;re still hanging out! So who knows what this icky phrase means for Neighbor Bro and I. What do y&amp;amp;#8217;all think? Was he being gentlemanly? Or was he giving me the brush off? Has a boy ever said this to you? Or maybe you&amp;#x27;ve said this to a date? If you&amp;amp;#8217;ve handed down the &amp;amp;#8220;Nice to meet you,&amp;amp;#8221; what were you REALLY trying to say? For more... *Hot date ends in a catfight! *10 ways to seduce your man in seconds! *My incredibly terrible second date with Mr. Lacrosse! Photo: Jupiter Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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