{"id":18,"date":"2005-01-26T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2005-01-26T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/01\/26\/homosex-and-the-city\/"},"modified":"2005-01-26T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2005-01-26T15:00:48","slug":"homosex-and-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/01\/26\/homosex-and-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"(Homo)Sex and the City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No, I’m not going to write about my debauched sexual escapades (if only I had some to write about)….I’m writing about my recent experiences with courting in Boston.<\/P>
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After our break up, Matt and I started using the internet to meet people. I was using it more as a means to make friends (props to Chris, Vito, David, David, Jason, Jason, Jason [lots of Jason’s and David’s], Peter, Duncan and Scott), whereas I think Matt was using it for dating. Of course, I’m open to dating, too…but I figure at this point it would be healthier for me, personally, not to dive into another long-term relationship. Plus, I’d used the internet as a way to meet friends for years (as you could probably tell by that list of names).<\/P>
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Anyway, back in late November, Matt told me about this guy he met on-line that seemed really interesting. After describing him to me, we realized that it was somebody I had been chatting with on-line (but never met) for the previous 5 months. Coincidence?…so we thought. <\/P>
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There was also this other guy who neither of us was necessarily chatting with, but who had emailed both of us around the same time and who we both found interesting. He seemed nice enough and seemed eager to meet up with me for possibly country-line dancing* and Matt for other activities. But that fizzled.<\/P>
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On Monday, Matt and I got together for lunch and were chatting about the people we were meeting. He started describing this guy that, once again, sounded familiar to me. We compared notes and realized that this is the same guy that one of my David friend’s had been trying to introduce me to! <\/P>
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After we discovered this, Matt and I went to the computer and he showed me all of the people he’s currently been chatting with. Fortunately, there were no other duplicates. But I suspect this is going to happen again. The funny thing is, there’s no jealousy. In fact, we both want the other person to be happy. I guess an advantage to this whole situation is that we both have fairly strong ideas of what “type” the other person is attracted to and, more importantly, compatible with. Perhaps I can contribute to him finding the man of his dreams? How twisted and wrong is that?<\/P>
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*Can you imagine me country line dancing? I think the look is hot (tight jeans, boots, cowboy hat), but just can’t see myself cutting a rug.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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