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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx</link><description>I started talking to a woman at a party this weekend who confessed that she was taking a break from dating. I was immediately excited. I wanted her to hurry up and finish her explanation of how she had come to a point of general exhaustion in her dating</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#150880</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:50:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:150880</guid><dc:creator>lollytiger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;And I realize I am totally off. &amp;nbsp;I was thinking of a different blogger's posts. &amp;nbsp; I can't believe I'm apologizing for a random post. &amp;nbsp;Yeesh. &amp;nbsp;That's it for the night. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=150880" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#150872</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:30:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:150872</guid><dc:creator>lollytiger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hmm, maybe my last post was a little unfair (I happened to be thinking of one post I thought was rather mean). &amp;nbsp;But this post is still my favorite of all of the ones you've written.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=150872" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#150870</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:23:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:150870</guid><dc:creator>lollytiger</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;i agree - you have some beautiful, insightful amazing descriptions of the quest for a partner in this blog. &amp;nbsp;sometimes it's nice to see a writer's vulnerable side -- more often we see your dismissive, sarcastic, and mean side -- not that that isn't entertaining also. &amp;nbsp;kudos!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=150870" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#149126</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:22:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:149126</guid><dc:creator>amboabe</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;adrift: You're welcome. You know the way to a man's heart is quoting him to himself. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=149126" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#147071</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:44:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:147071</guid><dc:creator>adriftinbklyn</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;We circle each other in bars and coffee shops, evaluating, approaching, and dismissing; as if love were something you simply find and not something you give.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;disturbingly accurate and achingly lovely. cut and pasted and sent to a friend, she needed to be reminded of that sentiment and you said it better than i ever could have. thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=147071" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#146348</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:06:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:146348</guid><dc:creator>amboabe</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks anathema. I really appreciate that (unless this is an elaborate ruse to get me into an orgy with you and 30 of your closest friends).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=146348" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#146329</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:30:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:146329</guid><dc:creator>anathema_teatime</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I really like this. It feels like real writing. I was going to say more about why other blogs feel less like same, but no need. that's just being intentionally annoying, which is what I was going to bitch about other people doing. So let's just leave it that this is really quiet, and sweet, and engaging.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=146329" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Love Machine: Taking A Break From Dating</title><link>http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/date-machine/archive/2008/11/12/love-machine-taking-a-break-from-dating.aspx#145866</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:20:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:145866</guid><dc:creator>PO</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Zzzzzz.........&lt;/p&gt;
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