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" Dear E. Jean: I met a man online; he lives in NYC and I live in L.A., but he said he&amp;#039;s moving here in March. He&amp;#039;s a professor, author, and film critic, and I checked him out: the syllabus for his class, his professional website with photo, and his friends on Facebook, including you, E. Jean. I want to tell you his name, but I don&amp;#039;t want to put you in an awkward position. Though I doubt you &amp;quot;friend&amp;quot; jerks, right? Anyway, for over a month we developed a lovely relationship with daily e-mails and phone calls, and we made plans to visit. He then mentioned that he was having financial problems and couldn&amp;#039;t buy me a ticket to meet him (and I didn&amp;#039;t offer to pay). He again alluded to money problems and disappointment because a work project was canceled, and said it was &amp;quot;hard on his soul.&amp;quot; Almost two weeks ago, he e-mailed me and said that he&amp;#039;d call, and I never heard from him again. I e-mailed him to ask what was happening, and no response. I can&amp;#039;t believe I fell for a jackass! \u2014Confused in LaLa Land Confused, my kumquat: Alas! Why didn&amp;#039;t you buy a ticket and fly to see him? I don&amp;#039;t know which of my Facebook friends he is\u2014like everyone, I have many friends losing jobs, losing 401(k)s, and losing hope (and the rest of my friends are worrying that it&amp;#039;s only a matter of time before they lose theirs), so I don&amp;#039;t think he&amp;#039;s a &amp;quot;jackass.&amp;quot; The poor bloke just doesn&amp;#039;t have the luxury right now to think about love. Send him a note next month and offer to come and see him. And in the meantime, to salve your savage breast, I recommend you immediately read The No Good Dirty Rotten Low Down Book of Love by the shrewd and witty Eileen Bertelli. You will instantly feel 50 times better! Related:  Ask E. Jean: What&amp;#039;s the Best Course of Action After Being Fired?  Related:  Ask E. Jean: Turning the Tables on His Bad Internet Habit  Related:  Ask E. Jean: Do You Believe in Love At First Sight?  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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