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<div>From the Times "On the Net, Love Really Is Blind, With
Offline Pitfalls", 1/18/01, emphasis added:</div>
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<div>Storm King [presumably his real name], a doctoral student
at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, Calif.,
said online romances create a false intimacy among couples.
"<b>Text-based relationships</b> are very deceptive", Mr.
King said. "People know only the good stuff, and none of
the bad."</div>
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<div>I suppose if they were really to catch on, we'd be calling them
TBRs.</div>
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<div>larry</div>
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