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From his perspective, what started out as a blind date, a chance to meet a new, perhaps exciting and intriguing woman, changed into being the unwitting subject in her next article! She's paying and charging it off as research? "I'm a lab rat?" Note to self: no dates with comediennes looking for new material, no dates with writers hoping to get past their current writer's block, no dates with religious zealots hoping to find another man to save....the failure to hold the door, the stiffing her for the cab was his message: no need to call for another date.

Like so many other career women, she "wants it all". A tall, handsome, witty, fit guy who is independently wealthy, has impeccable manners, will as a concession to her feminism let her open the door but will always open it first, who pays without being asked, and who will constantly praise her brilliance, never question her beliefs and always savor her success. Unfortunately, these Cary Grant types are somewhat rare.