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"Happy Monday, girls. Another new week, another new question on dating I want to chat about with you. Today I&amp;#x27;m wondering what distance you&amp;#x27;d be willing to travel to meet somebody for the first time. This is how I would look driving to a long distance date, except with a cuter scarf and way messier hair. And also, in a bus because I don&amp;#x27;t have a car. I know, I know, all I ever talk about is online dating. But you try meeting people in person when you work from home all day and 90% of your social circle is married! Anyway, this weekend I got an email via OKCupid that&amp;amp;#8217;s been bothering me (in a kind of good way) all weekend. A guy from another city in Ohio emailed me on Friday with this opener: &amp;amp;#8220;Why must you live in Columbus? Life is so unfair.&amp;amp;#8221; Aw, it&amp;#x27;s so cute when guys think I&amp;#x27;m their dream woman (until they actually meet me). I checked out his profile, and he&amp;amp;#8217;s cute, he&amp;amp;#8217;s funny, he&amp;amp;#8217;s also a writer and he mentions liking accessories. You guys, accessories are my LIFE THEME. I adore men who appreciate style and they are somewhat rare. However, the distance is a huge problem. My last several dates have been in about a three block radius from my house for the following reasons: 1) I haven&amp;amp;#8217;t bothered to buy a car yet and 2) I&amp;amp;#8217;m pretty lazy. Without those issues, it&amp;#x27;s still fairly unlikely that I would go for this, but given my lack of personal transportation, it&amp;#x27;s basically impossible that I&amp;#x27;ll be meeting this guy any time soon. Even though I don&amp;#x27;t plan on actually doing the long distance first date, I can&amp;#x27;t quite get the idea out of my head. On the one hand, what if I missed my chance to meet my dream man when he only lives two hours away? Which in the grand scheme of you know, the entire world, is not that much. On the other hand, the disappointment/humiliation factor is just so high. If one of us drove two hours, and then had to drive two hours back after discovering we are absolutely not into each other in person, well, yikes. On the third hand I don&amp;amp;#8217;t have, I guess it would make for a funny story to tell you guys either way. Maybe I should do it for that reason alone. Tell me what you think: Would you ever travel outside of where you live to meet someone? (Taking all necessary safety precautions, of course) Or is that just too crazy for someone you haven&amp;#x27;t even met? If you would do it, how much travel time is too much? 30 minutes? An hour? If you are all about traveling for love, read these: *The Dos and Don&amp;amp;#8217;ts of Long-distance Love *Can Long-Distance Relationships Work? Here&amp;#x27;s a Genius Tip... *Do I Want to Start a Long-Distance Relationship? Photo: Thinkstock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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