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APRIL 6, 2022 MIDWEEK 21
Saying Aloha ‘Oe And ‘Cute Pic!’
am especially grateful for all the readers who trusted me with their problems and gave me the material to put out the science and reasoning that were an integral part of this column. And thank you, all of you, who wrote me to tell me I made a difference for you. It means the world to me.”)
Meet Leonard, the Chinese Shar-Pei mix! Leonard is an energetic and loving 4-year-old boy who came to Hawaiian Humane Society as a stray. He would thrive with some obedience training and confidence-building because he is a bit shy. If you have a fun-loving and active family, Leonard may be your perfect match.
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(Editor’s Note: Sadly, this will be the last column for Amy Alkon, who has offered people wise relationship ad- vice in her own wisecracking way since 1995. Her appeal is often credited to her abili- ty to vet scientific studies and turn “professor-ese” into an understandable language, all of which has helped readers “reframe their thinking and change their behavior.”
Deciding to end her pop- ular column was not an easy decision, Alkon says, but she is grateful to the 100 or so newspapers across the United States and Canada, as well as her scores of readers, who have supported her along the way.
To her loyal fans, she parts with the following words: “I
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the others refuse to be left out of the “Hot or not?” action.
with whom they’d make a baby with a broader set of defenses against disease — and grossed out by men whose immuno pack is redundant with theirs.
In using dating apps, I go by who looks cute in photos (followed by a call). But I keep going on dates and find- ing I have zero physical at- traction to the guy. No spark. Big depressing waste of time. How do I prevent this? – Un- happy Hour Girl
I experienced this firsthand when this hot guy came up be- hind me in the coffee line, and I nearly passed out. Not because he’s just that hot, but because I found myself living a cop show cliche: that moment when the junior detective retches into a hanky, then makes a run for it to puke in the bushes.
In other words, all those dud dates are actually time well spent — and this goes double for the most disastrous. See them for what they can be: co- medic gold — making you a sparklingly amusing addition to cocktail parties, where you might draw the eye of some Mr. LCIRL (“looks cute in real life”). Then and there, you’ll be able to see (and smell) all the man-vetting essentials — including his actual height as opposed to what’s claimed on a dating app, where 6-2 is very often another way of writ- ing “almost 5-7.” #OKLiar.
“Looks cute in photos” is a start. But vision is just one of our five senses, and a few of
This might explain why my two female friends, standing right next to me in line, did not smell what I smelled. Or, as one put it: “Hello, Crazy. Is there something medical- ly wrong with your nose?” It probably comes down to our genes. Women are drawn to the scent of men with dissim- ilar immune system genes —
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