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Apr 14
32m 31s

Why Don't Men Ask Questions?

THE BOSTON GLOBE
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Really? What’s up with that?Simone, a single mom in her 40s, wrote to the Love Letters advice column asking, “Why don’t men on dating apps ask me any questions?” Simone said these men are happy to answer questions about themselves, but they don’t ask anything in return.That means Simone has to do so much work to keep the conversation going.Simone tells her s ... Show More
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