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Went out for a fantastic meal at Clio<\/a> after the exhibit hall closed. I’ll dish about it all later. But first: do you know the story of how your parents met?<\/p>\n

See, over dinner, we discovered that all 4 women in attendance knew how their parents met, while all 3 guys didn’t know. We started asking busboys, and the only one who did know how his parents met seemed kinda fruity.<\/p>\n

SO: do you know how your parents met, exactly?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went out for a fantastic meal at Clio after the exhibit hall closed. I’ll dish about it all later. But first: do you know the story of how your parents met? See, over dinner, we discovered that all 4 women in attendance knew how their parents met, while all 3 guys didn’t know. We started … <\/p>\n

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