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"I&amp;amp;#8217;m a very superstitious girl. When a relationship falls apart, I prefer to blame voodoo, black cats or bad juju rather than, oh, my penchant for drunken texting and the endless rambling about my exes. One major dating jinx I&amp;amp;#8217;ve identified is making a guy a mix CD&amp;amp;#8212;it&amp;amp;#8217;ll practically guarantee a breakup. And just recently, I&amp;amp;#8217;ve come up with a new ritual where my cell phone is concerned.I won&amp;amp;#8217;t store a guy&amp;amp;#8217;s number until the third date. I started doing this after looking through my contacts one day and realizing that my phone was a graveyard of failed romances, half of which never really got off the ground. Who is &amp;amp;#8220;Joey from Bull&amp;#x27;s Head Tavern&amp;amp;#8221;? And &amp;amp;#8220;Shavey Davey&amp;amp;#8221;? Pretty sure I don&amp;amp;#8217;t want to know. The more I scrolled, the more depressed I got. I decided that if a guy wanted a place in my phone&amp;amp;#8212;and life&amp;amp;#8212;he was going to earn it. Plus, if I don&amp;amp;#8217;t save his digits until things seem legit, I avoid any ill-advised texts or calls. Neighbor Bro has yet to make it into the Blackberry&amp;amp;#8212;I&amp;#x27;m still waiting to see what will happen after the &amp;quot;Nice to meet you&amp;quot; debacle! But I stuck to this edict with Eastern European Boy and Miami Pete and things seem to be going well on both fronts. Do you have a dating jinx? Is it silly to not save a boy&amp;amp;#8217;s number right away? How many exes are in your phone? How long do you wait&amp;amp;#8212;if ever&amp;amp;#8212;to delete a dude&amp;amp;#8217;s number? For more... *Blogger Erin also worries about jinxing a new romance! *Analog breakups in a digital world! Photo: Jupiter Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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