Glamour! http://www.glamour.com/sexHloveHlife/blogs/smitten/2013/09/meghanHmccainHonHdating.html!
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!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! When!I!heard!Meghan!McCain!was!doing!an!episode!of!her!new!show,!Raising-McCain,!that!focused!on! how!technology!has!affected!the!dating!world,!I!was!intrigued.!When!I!watched!a!video!clip!of!her! pondering,!“Does!romance!exist!anymore?”!I!couldn’t!wait!to!talk!to!her.!!
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As!soon!as!we!got!on!the!phone,!we!launched!right!into!standard!brunchHwithHyourHgirlfriends!laughs:! how!awkward!she!thinks!she!is!on!dates,!a!story!of!a!guy!who!ditched!her,!and!the!Aziz!Ansari!comedy! routine!she!thinks!perfectly!sums!up!why!technology!makes!dating!so!hard.!Basically,!you!guys,!she! totally!gets!all!your!frustrations!with!romance.!! Hi,'Meghan,'nice'to'phoneOmeet'you!! Nice!to!phoneHmeet!you!too.!I!love!Glamour;!you!guys!did!my!first!big!profile!a!million!years!ago.! Yay!'I'love'working'here.'So,'I'understand'this'upcoming'episode'focuses'on'romance…! Yes!!I’m!so!nervous!about!this!episode.! Why'are'you'nervous?! I!did!a!lot!of!things!on!this!episode!that!normally!I!wouldn’t!be!comfortable!talking!about!or!doing!on! camera.!Like,!we!go!on!a!group!date!!People!get!to!see!how!awkward!I!am!on!dates!in!this!episode.! Oh,'a'group'date?! They!wanted!me!to!go!on!a!regular!oneHonHone!date,!and!I!was!like,!there’s!no!way!I’m!doing!that.!So! we!ended!up!going!on!a!group!date!with!me!and!my!brother!and!some!producers!on!the!show,!and! then!the!matchmaker!set!us!up!with!another!group!of!people.! With'your'brother?!?!'That'makes'it'even'more'awkward!! Actually,!thank!God!he!was!there!because!they!made!us!do!this!improv!dance!thing!beforehand!and!I! was!SO!uncomfortable.!I!made!Jimmy!do!all!of!it,!so!I!was!actually!really!happy!he!was!there.!! That'sounds'like'my'nightmare.! I!say!that!on!the!show!!I!was!like,!this!is!my!worst!nightmare.!It!was!so!embarrassing,!and!again,!I’m! just!bad!on!dates!as!it!is,!so!add!the!improv!episode!and!it!was!just!really!awkward.! I'saw'on'a'preview'for'the'show'that'you'don’t'know'if'romance'exists'anymore.'True?! It!is!true,!unfortunately.!I!think!dating!is!a!battle.!Dating!is!war.!It’s!all!about!gameHplaying:!texting!at! the!right!time,!saying!the!right!thing.!My!whole!entire!life!is!built!on!the!fact!that!I!am!incapable!of! bullsh*t!and!bullsh*tting!anyone.!I!mean!what!I!say,!and!I!say!what!I!mean!and!I’m!not!gonna!jerk! anybody!around!in!any!capacity!of!my!life:!friendships,!relationships,!work,!politics.!I!am!never!gonna! bullsh*t!anybody,!and!that!doesn’t!bode!well!for!dating.!So!for!me,!I!haven’t!had!great!dating! experiences,!but!one!expert!we!talked!to!said!“Romance!isn’t!dead;!it’s!just!dormant”!and!I!think!that’s! probably!a!better!way!to!put!it.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !