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		<title>Some Like it Hot; Others, Not So Much</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dearest P, I write to you seeking your always good advice in a matter I find most puzzling, especially since settling in D.C.: a preponderance of couples in which one partner is lovely, charming and warm and the other is, well, not. As you&#39;ve come to know me so intimately these past few years, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: Some Like it Hot; Others, Not So Much</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear C, I too have long wondered why so many friendly and frequently good-looking people are married to cold fishes, but simply assumed that the frigid spouse in question recognized his or her own deficiencies, and sensibly married the opposite. As for the warmer, cuddlier party in the relationship, I concluded that their sweet nature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forty Love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear C, I believe I know the tennis-playing doyenne of whom you speak? Looks like Anna Kournikove from behind, all bronzed limbs and bouncing blond curls, but with a face like George Burns when you get close up? To be fair, I have not verified this last fact for myself, but we&#8217;ll stick to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: Forty Love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[P, Alas, the woman I speak of is not only beautiful in the face but also a brunette, so, I assume, she will also age quite well.&#160; I&#8217;ve also discovered she is not, as I imagined, a second wife, bound to the children only by a step-mother&#8217;s obligation, but has a husband nearly her age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of Your Biggest Supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 02:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[P, Do hope that phantom pain of yours has disappeared.&#160; Can&#8217;t say I was terribly happy to see my daughter and your godchild put in the care of theoldballandchain on so many occasions these past few months, as you were too weak to sustain her two year old energy.&#160; Had me feeling rather guilty to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: One of Your Biggest Supporters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 02:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compadre, Muchas Gracias, senora, for your kind demonstration of solidarity during this difficult time. I must say, I had never thought of myself as a humble immigrant in need of support from the great white mistress before&#8230;&#8230;. You do realize that the oldballandchain is, in fact, a man don&#8217;t you, in spite of how he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t We Just Be Something Like Friends?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[P, Although I&#8217;m touched by your concern for my welfare, I think, if I&#8217;ve learned anything since moving to DC, it&#8217;s that friend is a word meaning, &#34;what have you done for me lately.&#34;&#160; And although I adore our tennis, tea and cocktails, it isn&#8217;t always enough to get what I need to survive here.&#160; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: Can&#8217;t We Be Something Like Friends?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear C, Let me be the first to applaud you for creating such an admirable cost/benefit model with which to calculate the merits of your many and varied relationships.&#160; Given that we live in a town where people like nothing better than looking over your shoulder to find someone more important to talk to, what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Understanding, Please</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[P, As you may know, hubby and I have decided to take on the dreaded powers that be and attempt a remodel of our less than stellar pool deck.&#160; What you may not know is how much such a process is fraught with egos, petty differences and just plain ill will.&#160; And that&#8217;s just between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: A Little Understanding, Please</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cherie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Et tu, C? Somehow, I knew it would one day come to this.&#160; Given the way sparks flew at the holiday party back in December, I sensed it was only a matter of time before you and Nemesis were co-mothering your extended brood together, particularly since hubby is spending increasing amounts of time with his [...]]]></description>
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