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Ditch Day
This story is from Jules, a 21-year-old student from Chicago, as told to Raz: It was my first time on OkCupid, and I met this guy named Alex. He was pretty cute in his photos, and he was hilarious in his emails. We had chemistry right away. I couldn’t wait to meet him. On my […]
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Moving On
September 10, 2012
This story is from Lilian, a 24-year-old legal assistant from Boston, as told to Raz: One weekend, I was at brunch with my friend Shelly and a lot of her friends. And when I say brunch, I mean drunk brunch. The mimosas and bloody Marys were flowing like water. At one point, Shelly informed me […]
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The Back Door
September 7, 2012
This story is from Rebecca, a 25-year-old journalist in NYC, as told to Raz: The first time I hooked up with Damien, this happened. Let’s be honest, the disaster of this date was not entirely his fault. The condom thing was all his roommate, and the rest of it… well, you can’t blame a guy […]
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Model Behavior
September 5, 2012
This story is from Jules, a 21-year-old student from Chicago, as told to Raz: I work retail while in school, and a while back, this unbelievably cute guy, Rob, started working in my store. He mentioned that he’d done some local modeling, so after our first day working together, I did a little Facebook stalking. […]
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Fight or Flight
August 29, 2012
This story is from Lilian, a 24-year-old legal assistant from Boston, as told to Raz: I met Ted for our date at a coffee bar. The conversation started out fine (just the basic get-to-know-you questions) until we came to the topic of his college experience—and his college girlfriend. As soon as he mentioned her, I […]
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Serendipity
August 27, 2012
There are some relationships that are just fated to happen. And no matter how many times you miss the signs, the universe will put you together again. That’s what I thought was happening with Dylan. We met for the first time on JDate, chatted for a while, and things were going well. He wasn’t really […]
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Smooth
August 20, 2012
This story is from Christina, a 25-year-old dance teacher in Boston, as told to Raz: I met Nus at a speed dating event. He seemed charming, funny and confident—everything I don’t usually see in a man. We were on a second date, and he suggested karaoke. We both got a little drunk, and belted out […]
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Burning Love
August 13, 2012
This story is from Rebecca, a 25-year-old journalist in NYC, as told to Raz: Damien and I had been on three dates before drifting our separate ways. But a couple months later, when I realized how long it had been since I’d last had sex, I decided to give him another chance. I texted him […]
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derecho (n): the world’s windiest cock block
August 10, 2012
Derecho. If you live in NYC, you probably know that word. Because a couple weeks ago, when the weather man decided there would be a derecho, everyone freaked out—then it wasn’t really that big of a deal. Anyway, according to Wikipedia (That’s a trusted source by most journalists, right?) a derecho is “a widespread, long-lived, […]
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The Way U Text Me
August 8, 2012
This story is from Christina, a 25-year-old dance teacher in Boston, as told to Raz: I met Dave at Border Cafe. We hit it off, and I gave him my number. He asked me out shortly after to meet up for drinks at Cambridge Common. He seemed cute, and I’m up for anything, so I […]
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Real dates, real men, real disasters
When Bad Dates Happen To Good People 
September 12, 2012
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