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	<title>The Urban Dater. A Blog About Sex, Dating &amp; Relationships</title>
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	<description>A Resource for People Who Want to Learn More About Dating, Sex &amp; Relationships. We Feature Articles Written by Experts &amp; Ordinary People</description>
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		<title>I am NOT an Expert</title>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7AW_L4-dhXtLRqQeV0uKaSG-oK8/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7AW_L4-dhXtLRqQeV0uKaSG-oK8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7AW_L4-dhXtLRqQeV0uKaSG-oK8/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7AW_L4-dhXtLRqQeV0uKaSG-oK8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I write about relationship advice and I never claimed to be an expert, I stress this often. I feel like a fraud. Why? Because despite the fact that I give good relationship advice, and let’s face it I know I do, I can’t seem to make my own relationships work. I realize that in saying/writing [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/GpVguwZh0OY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>6 Ways to Leave the Gold-Digger Behind</title>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rvrdramNfhN5NfUp4qMBEbtBlTo/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rvrdramNfhN5NfUp4qMBEbtBlTo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Whether you were born into money or you’re a self-made man, you will no doubt encounter the infamous gold-digger at some point in your dating history.  You know the type.  When the bill shows up at the end of the meal, she doesn’t even lift a finger, but rather looks at you expectantly, as if [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/NBO51mn3zOg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>the Little Black Dress</title>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ok22r7nl6vPL1wRIoz_iEY2WxXw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ok22r7nl6vPL1wRIoz_iEY2WxXw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If I am Super Man then the Little Black Dress is undoubtedly my Kryptonite, rendering me into a state of enervated goo. It’s quite a pathetic site really. However, I cannot help this; I’m genetically predisposed to be wooed silly by any woman, regardless of the shape or size of the woman who dons the [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/9wCyqBE5rJM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>The eFlirt Date Expert Explains it All</title>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QI5vX4irhvtYk5OsACcGVKYrIDs/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QI5vX4irhvtYk5OsACcGVKYrIDs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QI5vX4irhvtYk5OsACcGVKYrIDs/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QI5vX4irhvtYk5OsACcGVKYrIDs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;At the Urban Dater, if I’m not writing about dick and fart jokes it just isn’t “business as usual.” People wonder what the hell is going on. However, since my dear mother reads this blog, as well as many other parents, I’ve decided to do something a little different. Today, we’re going to class the [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/2r_T8AOMeTs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Lessons in Love and Retail</title>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sassfaM0MghiA-6MC6x8ZLjSna4/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sassfaM0MghiA-6MC6x8ZLjSna4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sassfaM0MghiA-6MC6x8ZLjSna4/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sassfaM0MghiA-6MC6x8ZLjSna4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;It may come as a surprise to those that know me, but I was once a painfully shy person. I would shun the sun, if a woman walked up to me I would make a b-line the opposite direction. No, I didn’t like strangers and I didn’t like the unknown. Therefore, I had few options [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/_G1y0GGEBww" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Who Needs a Wingman Anyway? Not Me!</title>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7Pv89OCoS6gP9Vil920S3EWO1Q/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7Pv89OCoS6gP9Vil920S3EWO1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7Pv89OCoS6gP9Vil920S3EWO1Q/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7Pv89OCoS6gP9Vil920S3EWO1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;At the Urban Dater we love to feature a variety of voices. Today I’m very happy to be featuring a contributed post from one of our Followers on Twitter, BeingDirect. Read his tweets and you know what’s on his mind: Women. The man is the connoisseur of the “Pickup.” There’s no questions, no playing games; [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/7k-iO3SLNWk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Will Your Lover Bail on You?</title>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0LNdSGSe2suq_6cYZG5bFqKNEUk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0LNdSGSe2suq_6cYZG5bFqKNEUk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I’m Watching ESPN, drinking a six pack of O’Douls while listening to a Carpenter’s and James Taylor Mashup Remix by the Dust Brothers, I was in an odd state of mind. Sure, “odd” is sort of my default setting, just ask those who have met me in person. On the “Tube” I see this lovely [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/8AzZgVrR-6k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Damn, We Should Have a Theme Week, Like Shark Week! With Less Blood!</title>
		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XKmc6qTvainiKyHfGQLzb7xQi34/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XKmc6qTvainiKyHfGQLzb7xQi34/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XKmc6qTvainiKyHfGQLzb7xQi34/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XKmc6qTvainiKyHfGQLzb7xQi34/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;There I was sitting on my pleather couch eating a fist full of self respect and washing it down with a stiff glass of shut the hell up juice! My eyes were fixed on the TV. You see, it was Shark Week. I never got the popularity of it all, and Craig Ferguson wasn’t doing [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/M49reTOficQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Is Technology a Crutch When it Comes to Dating and Relationships?</title>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Em2ZB931kZawdhb8_WbVWMUbv3o/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Em2ZB931kZawdhb8_WbVWMUbv3o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;I love technology every bit as much as you, you see, but I still have more love for technology. This statement is cold hard fact. As true as north as I can get; I love me the t3ch! The tools we use to make our lives easier have changed us drastically and in so many [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/2PjRTC81T7Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>The Urban Dater Featured on How Very Lucky!</title>
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aDfpfGAgrg_ZRIGt6nPRh_zH3lw/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aDfpfGAgrg_ZRIGt6nPRh_zH3lw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;At the Urban Dater, we’ve had the great fortune of meeting a number of our fellow blogger contemporaries and readers in real life (IRL)… Actually, should I be explaining the full text summary of a phrase with an acronym? Oh technology, you amazing f#cker. Anyway, we’re honored to be featured over on Lucky Girl’s blog, [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheUrbanDaterABlogAboutDatingRelationships/~4/Hnaqbl1zRv4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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