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		<title>Are You An Appreciation Junkie?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2011/11/are-you-an-appreciation-junkie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, I put women on a pedestal. Then I started realizing I&#8217;m pretty cool. So many times I thought the woman was awesome, which often times was true. (Other times, I quickly learned it was a total projection.) I would get so caught up in how great she was that I would forget that I’m pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maybe They ARE That Into You</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2011/03/naturalmojo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are too many times to even bother counting. &#8220;She was only talking to me because she was bored while she waited for her friends.&#8221; &#8220;The only reason she hooked up with me is because I&#8217;m American, and I stand out here in Brazil.&#8221; &#8220;If I didn&#8217;t dance well, she wouldn&#8217;t be interested in me.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanna Find Love? Let Go Of The Banana</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/09/banana-single/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you keeping a few friends or acquaintances on your radar as potential hookups or relationship material? Is your ex on your backup list? Are you still pining over your college crush? Well, if you want a new relationship, you&#8217;ve got to cut them loose. If that cute friend you secretly have the hots for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Are A Flavor</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/08/you-are-a-flavor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are a flavor. Some people will find you absolutely delicious and others will find you totally repugnant. And that is a GOOD thing. You want people to like you for the flavor that you are.  And you want people to not like you for the flavor that you are.  If you&#8217;re strawberry and you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dating In 3 Simple Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/07/dating-in-3-simple-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/?p=1953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I get overwhelmed easily.  All my life I&#8217;ve constantly sought out information and then broken it down into simpler, easy to digest chunks.  So I wondered if the same could be applied to dating.  There are a lot of great tips and strategies out there on how to meet someone, much of which I agree with, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Off My Social Media Mask</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/06/taking-off-my-social-media-mask/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/?p=1798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at your Twitter or Facebook streams and you might think all of your friends are elephant riding in Thailand or getting back from kick-ass workouts with their personal trainers. Blogs and social media sites can sometimes give the impression of all your friends are living perfect and eternally happy lives, always doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Living In A Prison Of Shoulds?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/06/are-you-living-in-a-prison-of-shoulds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/06/are-you-living-in-a-prison-of-shoulds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/?p=1707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you God?  A fortune teller?  Can you predict the future? Personally, I can&#8217;t predict the future. But my mind thinks it can. Or at least it thinks it can predict what the future (and my life) should look like.  It even passes judgment on what my past should have looked like.  Of course, my mind also loves to tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can NOT Dating Improve Your Dating?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/04/can-not-dating-improve-your-dating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/?p=1373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is here. Nine of your friends are getting married in June. You&#8217;ve had way too many first dates pick their nose and/or fart in the past two months. Your last five online dates have simply fizzled for no apparent reason. So it&#8217;s fair to say your current vibe about dating isn&#8217;t exactly positive. Whatever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why A Man Needs To Open His Heart AND His Mouth</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/03/guys-open-your-heart-and-your-mouth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/?p=1256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guys, let go of the b.s. notion that you need to act tough and stoic all the time around your woman.  Yes, overall, it&#8217;s good to be a strong, grounded man of purpose.  But also factor into the mix that you need to be authentic and present in each moment. You had a bad day at work and your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Jealousy Keep You Single?</title>
		<link>http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/2010/03/does-your-jealousy-keep-you-single/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Platts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jeffreyplatts.com/?p=1220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He doesn&#8217;t deserve to be dating a hot woman like that. She&#8217;s way out of his league.&#8221; &#8220;Ugh, just look at them, laughing and holding hands.  Get a room, you two!&#8221; Jealous:  adj. painfully desirous of another&#8217;s advantages Ever experienced this situation, as I have?  You&#8217;re single, you really want to have a partner, someone [...]]]></description>
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